Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Reflection on assignment 3 and concept development

(For Post-Graduate students I would like you also to submit a 200 word reflection on Assignment 3, and how your themes and concepts have developed through the course.)

Fence was about orders and patterns of intervals at the beginning. It was the relationship of chaos and orders as they were reciprocal to each other. The elements were arranged in certain order and guide the chaotic situation. It was dynamic liked music, since the intervals between patterns carried different rhythms.

In the aspect of architecture, the rhythms and patterns of the intervals controlled the movements between two spaces separated by fence. It was similar to the property of the membranes that the permeability between two spaces was controlled. Unwanted materials were filtered out and hence a nice environment was created behind the membrane. The stronger the membrane, the better the environment would be. As a result, interaction between the spaces on two sides of the membrane decreased and hence, isolation may occur.

The idea was further developed to the built environment. Due to the development of technology, communication became virtual. Permeability of the membranes decreased and people tended to be surrounded by the membrane without direct contact with the real world. They were isolated and felt lonely.

The videos tried to develop a sense of loneliness and depression with the support of the music while the rhythm of the background music helped to drive the narratives.