New Group Concept

David-Steph-Bryon-Shem

Group brainstorm and discussion:

Steph- did a diagram of our concept:

David - doing a render of it on a site within the city.

Shem - synthesising and finishing our concept write up.

Exhibition/Presentation

Exhibition / Presentation:
Set up projection or a city time-lapse, OHP with concept statement and illustration. A screen with renders and diagrams of our concept. It ended up being a more intimidating environment than anticipated. We wanted to present through more of an exhibition as a reflection of our concept. This probably would have worked more as an 'after presentation discussion' event, also if there were more outsiders (clients or faculty to view our project).
Not sure how successful it was, we have a lot of development to do as a whole.

We also documented through video, voice record and photography (utilising skills in the group, to pass on to our client and for us to go over what was discussed for progress)

Editing the dossier

Editing the dossier:

Me, Helena, Josh, Emma tring (Content)
Bryon (dossier layout and aesthtic so more cohesive with renders and diagrams)
Tayla (illustrations for dossier)

Making side notes and annotating changes on to a print out of the dossier:

Group plan of dossier structure and content we want to have in it, also having another look at what we need to complete for presentation - making a check list of deliverables and identifying who is doing what:

re writting and editing the concept writes to work into the dossier against our plan we wrote up on the board:

Concept Statement for presentation - ME and Emma Tring

Concept statements:

Arthur

Arthur is life represented through tangible form, he embodies the notion that art is important in the everyday, becoming an extension of ourselves.

Lens

Art is a means of reframing one’s perspective. It provides a new lens from which we view the everyday creating
- Escape

- New experience

- Excitement

- Beauty

Development diagrams and final concept write up- Steph (me) and Emma Tring

Me and Emma Tring started to mock up diagrams for the presentation, to provide context and description for our concept.

Josh designed these again to better suit the overall presentation aesthetic.

Planning what we want to include in the diagrams:

Diagrams:

^ Was going to provide an image of what a user would see through this 'Lens'.

^ Plan view to name elements of the installation as a reference for other diagrams.

^ Pre fest starting to explain the 'time line' of having the info panel pre fest, then just before festival begins, adding in the lens panel to complete the installation work.



We moved on to do the overall concept write up:

What is art / why is it important:

Art provides a means for escape that is still relevant to our everyday life

Encourages new perspectives and challenges worldview. Influencing our values, attitudes and beliefs It informs how we should acknowledge different cultures and communities an that there are ideas outside of the norm.

intro our metaphor:
There are two main metaphors within our concept. Within both urban and suburban sites the ‘lens’ changes perspective on immediate environments to provoke questions around art within suburban sites and act as a wayfinding system within urban sites.
Project arthur imitates human qualities as a representation of ‘art is living’ - he is the first interaction within urban sites that introduces this concept.

Len’s metaphor:
Art is a means of reframing one’s perspective. It provides a new lens from which we view the everyday creating
- Escape

- New experience

- Excitement

- Beauty

Arthur metaphor:
Arthur is life represented through tangible form, he embodies the notion that art is important in the everyday, becoming an extension of ourselves.

Intro concept:
timeline

Our concept takes place in multiple suburban and urban sites around Wellington. Suburban sites are to promote intrigue and inform communities about art and how it can influence life. It provides information about NZF and the acts that are apart of the festival through an experiential occurrence. Bringing exposure of NZF to the users within close proximity to their everyday, as we discovered most people did not know of NZF or what it brought to the city.

The urban installations are to create mystery around an object pre festival, for intrigue and exposure of art and NZF. Transforming into an experiential wayfinding and informative installation work directly related to acts within NZF.

How does our concept change perspective:
Our installation works are a literal interpretation that art changes one’s perspective of an environment. Using the ‘lens’ to manipulate a site that is part of that immediate users everyday, becoming an altered experience of a familiar occurrence. It poses the question, where does art fit within my life? Aims to challenge how one thinks about art, and how it can influence their perspective on the world around them. ‘Arthur’s’ role, within urban sites, is to provide an initial gateway to start this conversation about art as life. He also identifies NZF as a platform to enable a connection to art.

logistics and operation:

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Presentation and Delegation

Presentation deliverables:

• Black and white timelapse of street (a chosen site) projected (DAVID)
• Written content OHP on wall - concept statement - one for monolith one for lens
• Renders (print out on the table for doodles)
• 3 screens - with renders, lights studies, diagrams
• Material tests around room (on plinths)
• small scales models (plinths)
• dossier print ‘outs’ on table
• coffee and nibbles (main bench)

^ Planning out our set up within the new staff space

^ Delegated sourcing stuff for presentation to Michaela who is part of the presentation team.

Tasks: (was posted to meta-group FB page - and asked people to join a group or mention roles if missed out)

Tomorrow - Josh, Emma T, Helena, Steph

Renders, Diagrams and written concept
Print concept statements onto OHP paper

Refined Scale Models, material studies (Mon) - Mateyus, Maybel, Dan

Dossier - Zoe, Rain, Jasper,

Presentation - Josh, Steph, Emma Tring, Michaela-(sourcing), David-(time-lapse)

concept development (meta-group)

Fleshing out and developing what the suburban structure is, how it operates and links to the urban structures. We moved from a cube from to a cylindrical form. Went through user journey map to find pain points within our design. Lots of discussion and drawing lead to a finalised concept that we can now render up for presentation next week. We set a list of deliverables and set up another meta-group meeting to achieve these this weekend. Also set out to do a write up of the new concept.

Worked on by, me, josh, helena, david, bryon, jasper, rain, zoe, mateyus.

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Write up from first meet up:

Suburban:

Day - Statement: art piece installation creates  distorted view of the surrounding environment =

Night - Projections at night - live feed montage of acts (that have been on in the day) or previews/samples of artists works

Information - upcoming acts in the next 2 days
Info pre - tasters of artists and link to full timetable?

Info during - 2 days advance - rotating

Scan an icon - redirects to website for further information / platform.

(create own app - then it can recognise any symbol we want)

Hashtags / instagram

Blurb on what this thing is

NZF branding

Materials -
Heat distorted perspects

Will provide material tests

Alive through light and texture / projection = want to approach

information panel obvious to users to inform - outside

live feed acts info on inside

Feature stationary panel - purpose for information / digital display

Beacon at night - projection - light source

Prototype materials and light play to explore quality and atmosphere of these occurrences.

Projection, change the feed / content projected creating different distortion on these

How does it represent art makes life better?

Changing of perspective - art in the everyday life - making it seamless with the everyday by incorporating it into the everyday. gives a visual representation of how art changes our perspective on life and that’s why it benefits our life. Different view in which to see the everyday.

Brings life into your surroundings.

Create hype, awareness,

Time period - circles on ground to indicate space where something will appear ‘watch this space’
Circle light patches
Black acrylic bricks replaces some bricks to create a circle in the ground.

Footprints -

scratch map blackout - the outside surface of the circle panel (just info panel)

blacked out architecture

Why suburban:
designed to showcase local acts around wellington as a form of entertainment but also serve as a platform for artists in terms of exposure and encouraging the arts in our city.

We have envisioned a space that is dedicated to the public for them not only to be exposed to what the festival has to offer but to also get a taste of other mediums of art they may not have previously been interested not inclined to explore before.

Urban:

Wayfinding, art component,
initial intrigue

pulsate prior - only one wall initially vibration and light - make it warm

Black semi circle wall - light from edges projects onto surrounding architecture

Information / symbol - NZF recognition

Urban Pre - Info panel stand alone not turned on Wk1

Wk2 - transform - panel comes alive - pulsate

[Both reveal at the same time Urban and suburban]

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Write up from second meet up:

What is art - why important

How can we change perspective and why it’s important to do so

Intro our metaphor - rose tint glasses, poetic

Intro concept

Logistics and operation

Narrative

Timeline


* interpretation of the everyday.

• Human characteristics - art is living and apart of life
• Monoliths are made for facilitating information - learn from it.
• Abstract but also literal representation of how art is intertwined within life
• Familiar context - provide a new look onto this..lens.
• Transformational in perspective and worldview
• Starting a conversation

Human characteristics

Perspective

• monolith is the start of the conversation
  personified as a living thing that will..

Concept statements:

Lens :

The concept of the lens/ filters offers the users a chance to view a familiar environment in a new way. To provide a new perspective on themselves and the space they inhabit by manipulating the context they are observing.

Intertwines art as a part of the everyday

Monolith:

The monolith embodies

Group brainstorming:
working our presentation and delegating task. Refining what our concept actually is.