Haiku

Ignore the people

Lose yourself in the city

Now, which way is up?

Grounded

Textures

Artist Statement

 Our project illustrates a stance on sustainable design. It views the design process as something that should be a tiny, almost inconsequential component of a much bigger cycle- our planet’s environment. The circle of dominos can be viewed from different angles- the shape of our planet, twelve points of the clock (complimenting the day-night cycle in our intro), or as a sun- associated with ideas of growth and renewal. The constant falling and lifting aims to explain that destruction in moderation is a natural occurrence that’s accommodated for by a naturally replenishing environment. It’s only careless destruction and removal of resources that can tip the balance. The warm colours but stark, simple imagery offer a positive yet bold challenge to designers: consider the wider context of your work, how you effect your environment and what lasting impact those effects will have. 

(written by Chris)

Theory In Motion - Filming

Kelly and I filmed the 'dominoes' today. Here is the neatest fall.


We took the clips into premiere and tested reversing the falling



We also filmed one where I grabbed a domino and interrupted the cycle.
I recorded all of the audio that we're using -cicadas and tui

Theory In Motion - First Look

"Design should be environmentally sustainable" 

Chris Kennedy and Kelly Remnant are my team mates and our video will be on the above quote. We brainstormed a lot of ideas including a flipbook, wooden film reel and stopmotion block assembling but we settled on the idea of dominoes in a circle falling and picking themselves up, like this video

This can be seen as a representation of the balance that we strike with the environment when we design in a sustainable way and also brings to mind the physical act of felling and planting trees.

We plan to have a hand remove one of the dominoes, disrupting the cycle, and the system stopping showing that when sustainability is not considered it can have a butterfly-effect on the environment.

I have done a quick test with Jenga pieces. They are shaped differently to the wood pieces that Chris has cut though.

I have also made a layout template so we can get the pieces in the same places when we film