Monday, 5-12-08

Documentation:



The realization of the project was a big step toward improving my work with lenticular sculpture. I think there were some successes and some things that needs some improvement. Since the sculpture itself was something that I had been envisioning for some time, seeing it in a real world setting was really beneficial.  

What I am really satisfied with after the showing is the coherence of my concept with this project. I think that the concept worked well with the sculptural form, and since a lot of the meaning was derived from the sculptural juxtaposition of the images, this will be a serious point of focus in the future. What I am not so satisfied with, yet, is the actual fabrication of the sculpture. The biggest difficulties I had with the project was fabricating my design and making it work formally and functionally. I learned a lot through this experience though, and I'd like to try some different fabricating techniques in the future.

The images themselves were ok as a first iteration, although the new versions should work much better as lenticular images. The lighting considerations are something that would really improve the images, and are probably something that I will need to embed within the sculpture itself, perhaps LEDs.

Plans for the future: expanding the scale of the lenticular sculpture, including more images that will cover a larger physical space; developing the maya spatializing techniques for the images; reworking and reconceptualizing the sculpture fabrication; integrating lights into the sculpture so as not to have to rely on poorly lit gallery spaces;  reshoot new and improved source material for the images; rework entire concept.

Monday, 4-14-08

Variations on a Screen is a sculptural project that incorporates lenticular images into a physical sculptural form. The sculpture is based on the concept of displacement of a visual narrative in space, thereby creating a 'narrative sculpture'. The narrative that unfolds over the lenticular screens, explores the relationships between space, time and the process of physical change.

The installation space will be occupied by my sculpture, which will be no larger than 5' height X 2' width and length. I am still debating whether or not to use a corner section of the gallery, as the sculpture may not be designed to be viewed from all 360 degrees. In general, the proportions of the sculpture will be human-scale.

The only equipment I need is lenticular lenses and fabrication materials. I have some lenticular lenses (probably around 6) from an earlier project, but I'll probably need to buy more. The fabrication materials should be relatively inexpensive.

My sculpture will exist just fine without any special conditions.

Monday, 4-8-08:

This is an example of some previous work I have done with lenticular imaging, as I already have shown in Autumn quarter.

Here is some sequential images that I have taken awhile ago and could be made into lenticulars, each image is representative of a sequence of at least 15 images. These are more architectural examples, where for this project, I'd like to explore something more narrative.