Eyes Of The Skin

Location: The Henry.

Objective: What is cinematic space?

My view: I'm standing at the top of The Henry, watching dancers interlock with each other in unison color red; and as I descend down the stairs, there's two women dancing on the stairs next to the wall. They have either a blue light on their wrist or ankle, and trace the floor with their bodies. As the performance starts, 7 dancers with chairs go onto the "stage". They dance with each other and with the chairs. The dancers try to pull off the peeling wall, and the piece ends with all the dancers on the floor.

How did the artist play with cinematic space?

The way the artist plays with cinematic space is through projection, but from three different sources.

First projection: Dancers

The dancers are the first projection, because it also the most emotional. The dancers project a certain feeling, whether the emotion is euphoric or agnostic. First you see the dancers, helping one another almost nursing the fallen others back to health. Then, you see the dancers fighting with one another. This creates the feeling of the piece, and the motion of cinematic space.

Second Projection: The Projector!

Obviously. The artist used the projector to project a video behind (or projected on the wall, but well concealed) the dancers, which tried to tear down it. 

Third Projection: More Lights!

By having one kind of light on one side, it created another "screen" to watch, which was the dancers shadows. 

FINALLY, MY CINEMATIC IDEA!

A close friend recently committed suicide, so I'm doing this for her.

My idea for the cinematic space is a first in a series called "Hall of Dead." I am going to have a video projecting onto this make-shift house that's 8 feet tall and 6 feet deep. The video consists of me standing in the middle, no hair at all holding a little version of the make shift house. There's going to be 6 people walking on both sides (3 people on either side) dressed in all black with hoods singing,

When you were born you cried

And the world rejoiced

Live your life so that when you die

The world cries and you rejoice.

For that last stanza, I lift my head and join in on the singing. 

Some cinematic ideas!

Yaaaaay!

I was inspired by Davy and Kristen McGuire on their piece called, "The Ice Book". (Here's their beautiful piece right here : http://vimeo.com/19348564) I really liked this piece because it was so simple, but so intricate and well thought out. To put simply, it took my breath away.


(and for some reason I'm attracted to lack of color/minimal color/muted palettes, so that's probably why I really liked "The Ice Book.")

This lead me wanting to do some projection work for my project.

I looked at the work of Jenny Holzer, who projects words onto buildings. This is an example of cinematic space because she's transforming what the "gallery" wall is. She's taking an existing structure and making it her own.

Then, I fell in love with the idea of "Light Graffiti".

I think this is an example of cinematic space because naturally, you can't see the speed of light. But by bending the camera's abilities, you're able to see the light transform a bridge into an awesome monster like thing, or a piece of writing that has washed away with the sands of time.

Cool.

Then I ventured off of "light graffiti" and thought of doing some perspective scenes.

What I really like about this piece is the perspective change. Also, it's narrative without being too obvious, which is something that I would like to do for my project.  Because you're forced to look into a paper tube, it's changing how you view things, hence cinematic space.

THEN, TILT-SHIFT PHOTOGRAPHY LOLOLOL YAY

Tilt shift photography is the ultimate play on cinematic space. By digitally editing the photo, it alters the perspective to show miniatures! How cute. :3

AND THE LAST EXAMPLE.

Pinhole Photography

Pinhole Photography (I think) is the most time-capturing and the best example of cinematic space. Because you have to keep the shutter open in order to catch the moment. This is also an example of cinematic space because I think one of the key elements of cinematic space is movement, and pinhole photography captures  movement in this ghost-like manner. 

52 faces.

SOME WIRE SAMPLARS

We are the knights of the samplars! 

oh, I'm so punny...

Okay, this is just awesome. 

Lesley Dill

The pattern is similar to giant loops of knit. Maybe i'll knit the gloves. Somehow...

This is done by Gyora Novack. 

Some quick sketches

YAY

Recent Work

Here's the cool thing about working with paper sculpture and living in Seattle: YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT RAINS. Also, my panels are still currently drying. (Yeah, new life lesson: Don't ever use paper cement. Stuff's weeak.)
So, here's my most recent piece of work!

 

the side you see first

and then when you walk back.