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SENSING SPACES I recently went to the Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts. Here seven architectural practices have transformed not just the Royal Academy but also our perception of space and the potential for unexpected […]
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EXHIBITION PLAN I’ve put together a first draft mock up in Photoshop of how I could exhibit the different elements of my work within the degree show. These designs are very basic (and I hope to spend a little more […]
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SPACE AND PLANNING Now it really starts- we’ve just been allocated our exhibition spaces for the show. Everything seems more real now as I begin to measure up my space and start to think about the different possibilities of exhibiting […]
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MATERIAL After intervening in Dallam House and deconstructing its rooms, I transported the building materials 157 miles back to my studio in the Richard Hamilton Building. I sometimes have a tendency to overthink my work, so to loosen up and […]
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RUINS At the moment I’m reading Ruins: Documents of Contemporary Art edited by Brian Dillon. I have been contemplating these following quotes in relation to my own work: ‘…sense immediately of a place in progress, not so much derelict as […]
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LARA ALMARCEGUI During my site visits, I was reminded of Lara Almarcegui’s work which occupied the Spanish Pavilion during last years Venice Biennale. In a way comparable to my own practice, Almarcegui examines processes of urban transformation that derive from […]
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SITE VISIT In my search for materials, I have recently been given permission to access a building whose decrepit state attests to its liberation from utility. Awaiting demolition, in the coming months I will be investigating this transitional environment- a […]
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LOGISTICS One word comes to mind at the moment: Logistics. I feel that I’m spending a great deal of time lately planning, contacting and organizing. For my intervention I’m eager to gather building materials such as plasterboard, timber, plywood and […]
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TOOLS- METAL CASTING PROCESS During Advanced Media Pathway, a module I completed last year, I began to design and create my own tools made from lead-free pewter that were used in the creation of Impasse. At the time I realized […]
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UNBUILDING ARCHITECTURE And so it begins… The start of my Major Project and final semester at university. It now seems an appropriate time to reflect on what I have achieved so far this year to enable me to push my […]