“Cyborg Tree”

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I decided to place “Celestial Worm” in another location, specifically a tree because it symbolizes growth, and by placing something that is partly artificial on a natural object, it transforms into a manufactured rebirth. The purpose of rebirth in Cyborg Tree is to go back to the original form of a branch, but with a modern twist. The Cyborg Tree attempts to capture the essence of the unnatural along with the natural. The Cyborg Tree doesn’t personify itself, but rather it points out the mechanical/technological advancement of the branch to signify the importance of rebirth in a world where technology becomes an addiction.

“Celestial Worm”

Materials used: Formica, tree branch, styrofoam balls/cone, wood, paint (gold & white), silver iron wire, & glitter.

The idea of star constellations served as a guide to create this piece because I decided to think that the series of stars that are needed to create constellations can be thought of as an internal structure. The aim of “Celestial Worm” is to explore the concept of transformation through form and since it attempts to investigate the idea of form, it challenges the contemporary notion of form being defined as an external appearance. As a result of this investigation, “Celestial Worm” looks past the externalities and places emphasis to the internal structure of the piece. By placing more emphasis on the internal structure, the concept of form transforms into something more provocative. For this piece I decided to place different sizes of formica discs at various points on a tree branch and in addition to this I have placed this structure on a round base painted white to express the continuation of the piece. To accentuate the internal structure I have decided to place a styrofoam cone with three different sizes of styrofoam balls on the tail of the piece. I have painted the styrofoam gold and I have attached silver iron wire and added glitter to them as a reminder to the audience of my inspiration of the piece.

My interpretation of form

Form Project (Second and Final Attempt!)

Form Project (First Attempt?)

I am here (chora project)

Traced Form

Sketches From Owens Beach (Tacoma)

Owens Beach (Tacoma)

Perspective Drawing #2

What is Chora?

I define chora as an actual place that has some meaning for us. For my topos map I used the city of Seattle as a place that has no meaning for me, but at the same time I placed the landscape in my hand, which showed road like lines from the buildings to the lines of my hand, however, this is still defined as topos because as stated previously it has no special meaning. Even though the city is placed in my palms it just shows that this place exists, but the significance of the palms also demonstrates that like the lines in my hands the buildings and roads all lead to a place which in this case is the city of Seattle. For the next assignment I plan to make my topos map more chora like by making the buildings more distinctive and instead of placing it in my palms I plan to place it on a number tag which was used for the Firefighter Stair Climb for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society which takes place at the Columbia Center in Seattle. In this case my topos map transforms into chora because it becomes a place where it has meaning for me and it is no longer just the city of Seattle because it becomes something much more significant to me. As a result of the number tag, the buildings and the landscape become a place of meaning unlike the topos map which just showed the landscape of Seattle.

Topos Map

Map Exercise

Perspective Drawing 4/4/11