Juan Gris, The book pt. 8

After talking to Luis about how my previous ideas were completely off target I have developed some new ideas for the two "machines for seeing".  Brief sketches for the concepts can be seen on the image to the left. 

                                                                                                                                                                                   Since the painting (The Book by Juan Gris), the house (Sarabhai by Le Corbusier), and my landscape model utilize the concept of using structural lines or walls to hold the works together, for my first seeing machine should show purely the walls (with portions of the picture on them) of the landscape model.  To do this I created a lense with a view finder and a slide that has cut outs of where the walls are.  This can be seen in the image below.

Juan Gris, The book pt. 7

Over the past couple days I have been sketching and brain storming for building the"machine for vision".  I have developed a couple of ideas using some of the techniques from the Juan Gris painting and house by Le Corbusier.  Here are some sketches that show my idea "fragmented vision":

Juan Gris, The book pt. 6

 Side View of Geometric Landscape Model.  The three solid extrusion elements represent buildings that would be present in the landscape.

 Front View of model. 

 

Close up Detail to show parts of Juan Gris, "The Book" painting to give more presence to the walls of the model, which relate both to the painting and to the plan of Le Corbusier's Sarabhai House. 

  Axon Drawing of the Model. 

Juan Gris, The book pt. 5

On Tuesday we presented our axon drawing and model of landscape and building.  I talked about how i used parallel structural walls to reflect the vertical lines in the painting and those in the Sarabhai house in my model.  Also I folded parts of the painting on the wall to make the walls more of a noitceable idea and to incorporate the painting into the model. 

Our new assignment is to create two machines one small one distorting view and the other to show nothingness.

Juan Gris, The book pt. 4

Yesterday I took out two books to get a good look at Le Corbusier's houses.  I chose the Sarabhai house in Ahemadad, india.  The idea of parallel structural walls related to the structure and organization of the painting so I used that idea to create my landscape model.  Today, it was brought up that a way to make the walls pop more would be to put some of the painting on them so they stand out from the model.  Tomorrow I will put pictures up of the model.

Juan Gris, The book pt. 3

Yesterday we had a presentation in which we presented our thoughts, ideas, and conclusions on cubist paintings.  In particular it was mentioned that my models had a sense of movement (kinetic).  It was mentioned that the book becomes lost in the models.  However, my conclusion is that what ties my painting together is the book.  It is centrally located in the painting and how it is organized in the painting seems to unify the painting as one.  Another theme that I had present in my models was a bond between the book and table and how they related to each other.  After the presentation we were assigned to pick one of Le Corbusier's houses from a list and to start thinking about which relates best to our painting.

Juan Gris, The book pt. 2

Here is a picture of the painting "The Book", by Juan Gris and six study models I made:

Model 1:  Cut picture to give the painting a 3D effect by pulling and pushing elements of the painting.

MODEL 2:  Pasted picture onto a chipboard back and cut objects and surfaces of the painting then using wire extrduded the objects cut out and extruded

MODEL 3:  Form model expressing space










 
MODEL 4:  Topographic / extrduded model seperating parts of the painting (examples of layers:  black and blue spaces, wall, table, and book) into layers.







  

MODEL 5:  Panorama Model. 

MODEL 6:  Layers model with positive items up front and dark background parts in the back.

Juan Gris, The book

I am working on a project studying the cubist painting of Juan Gris known as "The Book".  From what I understand cubist painters draw objects from a multitude of views in one painting which is a very abstract analysis of an object.  Depending on the painting it is hard to read foreground from background.  My assignments thus far has been to create a few study models turning this cubist painting from 2D to 3D.  (I will post pictures up of these models up shortly).  Yesterday we discussed the relation between space and the objects in the cubist painting and how that relates to architecture.  We also discussed how often a cubist painting can look different paying higher significance to different parts of it each time you look at it.  The question asked after this was if and how architecture can do that?  I thought maybe changing lighting conditions or kinetic architecture could alter the feeling and experience of the building, so that you can experience a building in many different ways kind of like looking at a cubist painting.

Does anyone have any other ideas?