DUE OCT. 10, in class: 2 drawings on white paper (18 x 24 inches) each, in pencil and/or charcoal: draw two different viewpoints of your proposed design in the site.
DRAW IN LINE ONLY (NO "SHADING")
Based on your site study drawings, you will begin to consider possible structures/forms to be constructed and installed on/in the site. These drawings will describe two views of your site-specific project.
Drawings should be LINE ONLY (no "shading"). Use line to construct a persuasive space that incorporates your project ideas. Draw as much of the site as necessary to convey your ideas. USE LINEAR PERSPECTIVE TO CREATE PERSUASIVE ELEMENTS AS THEY RELATE TO THE OVERALL SPACE. (You do not need to show your perspective lines--they will be evident if done correctly.)
Objectives:
• Introduction of linear perspective as a system
• Develop consistent and logical vocabularies for understanding and translating space
• Identify and develop intentions in the translation of 3D to 2D
With regard to concept, consider the issues raised previously:
1. What is your position on the "Zero Tolerance" Policy? What about it are you communicating to your viewers? What type of experience are you trying to facilitate for them
2. What type of structure/form will be conducive to the goals of your project?
3. What should your structure/form look like and how will you situate it in the site?
Considering artists like Mel Chin, Andy Goldsworthy, and James Turrell, be considerate of the type of experience you want to share with your viewers/participants. You may want to direct them to consider the history of the space, to view the space in an unexpected way, or perhaps reconsider their own position relative to the space. Think of access to your space and who/what controls the space. Think of other factors the influence your project.
In general, you should reconsider your own assumptions about public spaces. For example, consider fountains. The site contains a fountain, and some of you have chosen to work with it. What do fountains contribute to public spaces? How do fountains function and how do they look?
Your ideas should stretch your own perceptions of public space as well as that of your viewers/participants.
Criteria for evaluation include (but not limited to):
1. Concept
Your project idea should be well though out and researched. Push your assumptions, look beyond the obvious. Try to consider the space and what you're doing with it in alternative ways. Avoid the trite and commonplace--how do you direct your viewer to consider the space in "new" ways?
2. Correct application of linear perspective
3. Persuasive space
Overall space and the elements within it should read clearly. Viewers should understand how they enter the space and move through it. Viewers should also understand their relationships to elements (forms and/or structures) within the space.
4. Line quality
Use a developed range of line to help describe your space. Consider ways in which different kinds or character of lines can push space back and bring space forward. Consider thick/thin, light/dark, fast/slow, hard/soft, etc. Also, use line to describe surface textures and light (without resorting to cross-hatch ).
5. Composition
Compose drawings so viewers can clearly discern space and how they move through it. Remember, you're trying to convince someone that your project is a good idea. Viewers must understand what they're seeing and what it's about.
6. Craftsmanship
Keep your drawings neat (no folds, wrinkles, spills, etc.). Do not hang drawings for critique that have "fringed" edges--please cut fringes off!