A Room With a View
"Zephyr"
Medium: Mixed Media
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Date: April 2017
Exhibition Text
The lakefront always evokes certain feelings of calmness and tranquility within me, there is a sort of peaceful oneness to the scenery of the lakefront and the overall experience of visiting the lake. Through this piece I meant to create a structure that would embrace and enhance those components that are associated with viewing the lake. The design of the walls are conceived to further develop the feelings that are evoked as a result of one's immersion of the situation at hand, that is, being at the lake. When one focuses solely on their surroundings, in this case, the lake view, and thinks of nothing else at that moment in time, they "enter the oblivion" and can fully embrace and indulge in the serene experience. Like a surreal mini-vacation, interacting with this architecture will allow for a pleasant distraction from the harsh realities that people may face, the only thing that should be on that person's , mind when pursuing the path of the curved walls is that very moment where they are immersing themselves in the lakeshore in a way that they have never experienced before.
Meaning Behind the Piece
Walls can be arranged in a specific manner that can evoke feelings of openness and enclosure to a person who is standing in its presence. The way that I arranged the walls in this piece
Artistic Inspiration
Richard Serra
Richard Serra likes to play and experiment with the very idea of walls in an artistic and stunning manner. Walls are used as barriers, as spaces and even as art in the way that Richard Serra enhances and incorporates their attributes.
Richard Serra likes to play and experiment with the very idea of walls in an artistic and stunning manner. Walls are used as barriers, as spaces and even as art in the way that Richard Serra enhances and incorporates their attributes.
Robert Smithson
Experimentation
Assessment Questions
1. How does your work create a relationship between land and water?
The walls embrace the lake shore by creating path ways and obscuring the view of the lake to the eye of the beholder, in this case, the person viewing the lake.
2. What feelings will people have upon seeing, entering, walking through your structure?
Confusion over the architectural decisions of the walls and overall structure, sometimes wonderment.
In general, the people will be focused on the lake, but the journey they will take in order to achieve that will be interesting and thought-provoking.
3. How does your structure relate to our world physically as well as with our mind?
The paths are inconsistent and confusing which is reminiscent of the journeys we take in life to achieve our goals. The many pathways are similar to the ones in our mind.
4. How does your structure embrace the lake?
The arrangements of the walls are mindful of the position of the lake and attempt to enhance the experience of viewing the lake.
5. How does your structure use the fundamental architectural components of?
6. How does your structure embody meaning?
Every experience that involves beautiful scenery such as the lake should be meaningful, it is important to embrace the aesthetic of the moment.
7. Describe at least 3 meaningful decisions?
Having pathways is important is allows a person the illusion of having a choice as to what direction they will follow.
Having varying size walls is important to obscure the scenery.
Intricate design is interesting when being applied to architectural designs that are meant to be simple.
The walls embrace the lake shore by creating path ways and obscuring the view of the lake to the eye of the beholder, in this case, the person viewing the lake.
2. What feelings will people have upon seeing, entering, walking through your structure?
Confusion over the architectural decisions of the walls and overall structure, sometimes wonderment.
- Explain the feeling people will have on their journey through your structure.
In general, the people will be focused on the lake, but the journey they will take in order to achieve that will be interesting and thought-provoking.
3. How does your structure relate to our world physically as well as with our mind?
The paths are inconsistent and confusing which is reminiscent of the journeys we take in life to achieve our goals. The many pathways are similar to the ones in our mind.
4. How does your structure embrace the lake?
The arrangements of the walls are mindful of the position of the lake and attempt to enhance the experience of viewing the lake.
5. How does your structure use the fundamental architectural components of?
- Path: There are many pathways that one can take to ultimately raech the same goal.
- Portal: Seen as something enchanting and mysterious; thought-provoking like art should be.
- Place: Make it something special, bask in the moment.
6. How does your structure embody meaning?
Every experience that involves beautiful scenery such as the lake should be meaningful, it is important to embrace the aesthetic of the moment.
7. Describe at least 3 meaningful decisions?
Having pathways is important is allows a person the illusion of having a choice as to what direction they will follow.
Having varying size walls is important to obscure the scenery.
Intricate design is interesting when being applied to architectural designs that are meant to be simple.