this might not look like it but it took forever to make!?!

had a good think bout what to do with the boxes and then thought bout projecting different adverts onto each face. I guess the idea is to show that commercialism is everywhere we go no matter where we run to in the city it always dominates and if they could they would advertise on every last square inch of space... this has taken quite a while but its turned out rather well as a test run. need to iron out the kinks and actually create something that is watchable.

requiem

16mm

another test run

mirrored image

thought bout trying to create and infinite backdrop to the city by connecting a camera to the projector and filming the boxes which are then projected onto the background creating the mirrored effect. creates a nice effect as the skyline fades to white and looks almost misty. problem was incorporating moving image. gonna try and blend the two filming techniques together tomorrow..

projection test

arranged a few carboard boxes to look like a cityscape and then projected moving image onto the buildings to produce a distorted image.

collaboration ideas

I have been talking to Fran and we both thought along the lines of making a paper city, think this has been heavily influenced by our jobs at paperchase and love of science of sleep. as far as the paper city goes we've thrown ideas back and forth, there have been a few paper cities made before.



Now what has been playing on our minds is what to exactly do with paper city once it has been made. Building it we consider a celebration of the every day mundane so do we went to destroy it and how? personally i wanted to set the place on fire but there is not real theory behind this other than my destruction side.

Furthermore we have been looking into other paper structures and ideas. i am quite keen on the idea to make obscure objects out of paper and actually place them in the city for example if we are celebrating the mundane, we fashion telephone boxes, trees anything boring out of paper and place it on the streets. my reasons to this though are for personal fun. i actually physically want to build something playful for this project as the city to me is so dry and drab. anyway need to look further into these ideas and actually produce something tangible. we have found a few designers who have played around with this medium before. few links and pictures of work below

http://www.stevenharrington.com/site.html

http://viveletuning.ch/

moving image

really needed to update this. thinking about the moving image came up with a few ideas but as only one person and no money i dont think a motion picture epic is possible just yet. I was looking into how the city makes me feel as a person and how it makes other people feel. at first i felt like all i wanted to do was leave london but it always felt impossible to get away. been thinking bout how to illustrate this and whether i actually want to do something along these lines. i was also interested in looking at paranoia, everyone in london is a little bit edgey be it their job or walking down a street at night. question that posses is how do i actually make a film bout it. ive been trying to look at various angles using the camera and also find my feet with final cut and after effects. as far making this piece goes i wana refrain from using loads of filters and special effects. i want the actual subject matter and filming do most of the talking.