Renders of My Final Design

These are renders of my potential final design. I say potential final design because I have to see how the material, text, and light react in the space, and if the result is the desired effect.

I was unable to create the environment of the space, as I am not experienced enough with Google Sketchup to capture the folds in the fabric and the effect of the coloured lights in the space.
The text will be printed on thin, delicate fabric and hung from the roof of the box. The lights will be positioned out of sight, reflecting on the material.
The exact positioning of the material is yet to be established, but can only be done when the space is complete.

Progress on the Set-up of the Space

A lot has had to be changed in the room as the original set-up was for studio spaces.

We have had to take down walls and black out the windows, as well as try and clean up some of the mess.

These images show what my space currently looks like, and where my space will be, in conjunction to the room. The pieces of wood on the floor outline the edges of where my box will be.
There is still a lot of work to be done as the box is yet to be built, painted and soothed out. The radiator will the covered by one of the walls, so it will not be visible on the inside of the box.
It will be a struggle to get everything completed on time as I have yet to test my final text and lights in the actual space, to make sure they work well in the space.

Plan for the Degree Show Space

This is, hopefully, the final plan of the layout of our room , 2.18

There have already been a lot of changes to the space, as some people changed their ideas for their work, so the layout had to be adapted to meet everyone's needs.

The Third Degree

This is the poster for our degree show.
Take a look at our work and read about what has been done already and what is happening next...
https://lincolndegreeshow2012.wordpress.com/

Text

Throughout my work I have used quotes as a base to my pieces of text. These quotes have usually been of pieces of theory said by theorists and artists that deal with colour and light.

As I have been struggling to write something for the final piece I thought I would revert back to how I always start a written assignment... find the quotes and use then to structure and form the written piece.
I was told that "if you can't write it better... use the quote" ...so this is exactly what I am doing.
By putting the quotes together I am manipulating them to say what I want to say, and changing their meaning slightly.

I also plan to add pieces of my own writing between the quotes, some making no sense in order to make it more confusing, and others to tie the quotes together.

The final piece will be called "A Dyslexic's Approach to Colour and Light Theory". I have chosen this title because the text will be my take on colour and light theory. As I have struggled to understand, and have the patience to read the books on colour and light theory, I am enhancing the difficulty for the viewer to read and understand the text, which is of quotes about colour and light theory. By manipulating the text through light and colour, I will cause the viewer to become confused and lost in the text, often having to start again, or lose patience as it takes so long to read the text. This is essentially like what it feels like to suffer from scotopic sensitivity, which is what most people with dyslexia suffer from. This sensation of moving, blurring text that takes a lot of concentration to read, is an insight into what sufferers experience when trying to read.
By making the text appear and disappear, I am emphasizing and exaggerating what I experience when trying to read out aloud.

Videos of Text on Material

As the photos don't really demonstrate what the atmosphere is like, here are some videos of the coloured text printed on the fine cotton.

This video shows the text reacting to the cycle "flash 7"

This one shows the light cycle on "Fade 7" slow.

This final video shows the light cycle on "random". This basically demonstrates all the settings on the remote control for the LED lights.

Text on Material

A quote by James Turrell, printed onto thin cotton.

This is the text I used for the Mini-Show, printed onto thin cotton.
I really like how well the cotton picks up the lights and how well the colour takes to the fabric.
I prefer this method to using paper.
Using material will also enable me to print on a larger scale, as well as having full and easy control over the colour. I also feel the material gives a more ethereal atmosphere.

Videos of the De-constructed Book in the Coloured Lights

As the photos can't really show the reaction of the colours to the coloured lights, I took some videos to show it better.

The videos show the reaction of the colours to the coloured lights, using different sequences of coloured light.

I am very pleased with how it turned out. I would like to develop this idea...but this may be something I will have to come back to...

De-constructed Book in Coloured Lights

These are some of the pictures I took of my de-constructed book placed under my colour-changing LED lights.

As well as cutting and crossing out sections of the book, I decided to colour sections in, using marker pens and highlighters.

I was really pleased with the images of the de-constructed book, so I wanted to see if colour could play a role in de-constructing the to.

The book became very difficult to read due to the darkness of the colours. The colours, however, reacted very well in the light.

Under the blue light the yellow highlighter pen glowed. Yellow usually looks black under a blue light...but for some reason the ink in the pen must react differently to the light waves.