"THERE IS A NEED FOR PHYSICAL SPACES WHERE ARTIST AND OTHER PEOPLE CAN MEET AND REFLECT ON THE CREATIVE PROCESS 
IN ORDER TO PRODUCE NEW IDEAS IN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY BASIS."

Leonel Moura, 2009 - Conceptual Artist

THE VOICES OF DIGBETH

The creative community of Digbeth, Birmingham were interviewed to obtain a deeper understanding about the place. Three core questions were asked, about the place, about the upcoming redevelopment and their opinion of its identity.

DIGBETH - in a comic strip

DIGBETH - mini comic

STORY DEVELOPMENT

GROUP MODEL - final product

The final model then produced, with the waltz act as a datum, then the chronological order of the city from present to the predicted future.
The mirror plays its part by only working at certain angle to allow the viewer to see glimpses of the untold site.
Parametric mesh marks a time when HS2 is introduced, and people were forced to fit into the architecture, and in the end, the architecture itself shapes the people.

Final Model - composed alongside the initial sketches and the initial keypoints of the site.

GROUP MODEL - the "present"

As far as the group model progress, I were to think of the present of Digbeth. I see it as a dead unwelcoming place, yet when I went through the site, I see more of it; a value I otherwise unable to see.

I then represent my thoughts using broken mirror. It emits an unwelcoming dangerous feelings but triggers a sense of curiousness to the viewer. As you look at it at a different angle, you will start to see that the centre piece be reflected back to your eyes in a specific amount.

You will then realize - just like the site itself - that there is more to the model, it's just that you have to look at it at a different perspective.

GROUP MODEL - study model

An initial model was made - and the model is made to portray a transition, it shows the 'waltz' or the existing human scale being broken apart by an invisible force such as the redevelopment.


credit to Chloe 

GROUP MODEL - conceptual diagram

Model concept diagram derived from earlier sketch. Main materials were discussed, such as they are:
bricks; metal rods and plates; base; perspex.

credit to Thomas Higginson

GROUP MODEL - a rough sketch

8ft x 1ft sectional model sketch idea

The idea is to integrate both, the dance of the Waltz in Viena and the industral history of Eastside, Birmingham. Derived from the two previous drawings, Waltz were mainly taken from the first, while the chronological essence were taken from the second drawing.

STORY DEVELOPMENT

Combined Sketches

In a group of four, we were asked to produce a sketches that speaks of the site that we've been through, and of the stories that we have told earlier.
Then later on, within the same group, we were to produce a sketches of plans and sections that tells the stories of the site in a 8x1 feet sheet. The end result are quite interesting indeed.

Sketches in Time

We were given an interesting task, that is to sketch the view or scenery as we go along Digbeth, Eastside, Birmingham in a specific time.

The first set consist of 5 minutes drawings. I take the time for granted and just work things out quite slowly, and when I realized, it's "time's up"!

And as for the second set of drawings - the two and a half minute - I subconsciously drew it a little bit faster than before as I somehow kept on thinking that I don't have the luxury of drawing it as long as I drew previous drawings.

For the 1 minute drawings, I barely able to finish it, so most of them turns to be just the outline of the buildings.

And the last but not least, the 30 second drawings. I think I've learn how to draw faster as I draw each of them time to time, and now I know the importance of doing things faster. If I were to draw the 5 minutes drawing again, I definitely could do more than what I did previously.










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FEEL THE PASSION WITHIN THE ART

 

About ten of abstract arts that interest me were chosen, and of those that I have selected, I choose one that interest me the most, the one that makes me feel most attracted to it, the one that I gaze upon the longest.

I then start to work backwards, wondering why did I love this one the most.

It could be of the blood colored background, where some part were of a darker shade of red, and the other part were of a lighter. The sight of blood makes my adrenaline pumping my heart faster than ever, rushing in a way it shouldn't have otherwise.

As I look deeper into it, then I started to realize, the pattern were of a set of basic shapes - circles, squares, triangles and even rectangles - that was randomly place, overlapping each other; then a new form emerged as a whole. I find it interesting how simple those shapes actually is, and it actually did create something so complex that when I see it as a whole, my eyes were totally fixed on it for several moments. 

Then I know, the art captured my subconscious mind in my absolute conscious self.

Image Source: http://ryanpanos.tumblr.com/post/45201725410/retro-bubbles-via-the-amazing-atelier-olschinsky 

STORYTELLING

EASTSIDE, BIRMINGHAM

This district of Birmingham City Centre is undergoing a major redevelopment of a larger Big City Plan project. Through my observation, I could see that this area is a home to a massive complex of factories and workshops, and also some housing areas. It is composed of high brick-wall-buildings, and some form of vandalism could be seen to have taken place in this area (graffiti art). Some of the buildings however did maintained it’s aesthetical value by being painted in a form of art. The railway there still functions well, and trains could be seen running every now and then.

The site is indeed within a walking distance from the bullring shopping centre and millennium point, making it a high potential place to be developed. Redevelopment of this area will make the city centre of Birmingham itself a larger place of interest, becoming a mega magnet that attracts more visitors to the city.

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