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==Introduction==
==Project==
Quoted from <The Botany of Desire>: ''There is a natural history of the human imagination, of beauty, religion, and possibly philosophy too.''
The project will be an audiovisual installation.
The visual part is constructed by 3 to 5 animation loops, each one lasts around 10 seconds. These clips describe a same scene in different scale, base on the short size and the content of the loop, project them on to each wall with different screen size. The animations will be  made by  hand drawing with the concept of "moving painting", to drawing each frame as detailed and realistic as possible.
For the sound part, there are two plans at this moment. One is using one soundtrack to build up the environment, the other one is adding different soundtracks to each animation which relates to what specifically happening in the certain short.  


When we talk about "nature", a general feeling is "nature" is something outside. It is not ture. If we look into the explanation of nature in wikipedia, in the first paragraph, it says :" 'Nature' refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. It ranges in scale from the subatomic to the cosmic."  As a component of the earth, human being is also a part of "Nature". The air we breath everyday, the pollen floating in the air,the small potting which generates this pollen in our bedroom, they are also components of nature.  Nature is not just something " out there", it is also something "in here". But, if we trace the etymology of "nature" --the latin word "natura", or "essential qualities, innate disposition", and in ancient times, literally meant "birth", something does changed. With the highly developing science and technology, we now have the ability to change the genes of creatures, and we already have done this. The "nature" in our impression, which is the " wild" in the proper context, now is more and more difficult to survive, or, can only survive by the power of civilization -- at that time, the "wild" is also not the original "wild", it is something lokks like "the wild" and living under the proof of civilization.  And the concept of "Nature", also need to be changed  with this inescapable artificial power.  
The work should be installed in a dark room, and the room shouldn't be too big that viewers would be forced to stay in a limited distance to the screen.


The relationship between human being and nature in the evolutionary history keeps changing time by time. It is hard to read from the nature itself, but we can grab something from human history. Such as the earliest existed painting in Lascaux Caves, one of the conjecture is it was drawn for expressing the respect to wild power.
==Introduction==
 
[[File:Lascaux 04.jpg|thumbnail|left|Lascaux Caves]]
 
And if we jump to 19 century,by the famous <Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer>, the content is much clearer and realistic,the wanderer is the main character in the centre of the painting, but the general commentary is still "is contradictory, suggesting at once mastery over a landscape and the insignificance of the individual within it."
[[File:Caspar David Friedrich - Wanderer above the sea of fog.jpg|200px|thumbnail|Caspar David Friedrich - Wanderer above the sea of fog]]
 
 
Quoted from the English scripts of ''Earth, Sea, and Sky: Nature in Western Art: Masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art'':  From early times, people struggling to understand powerful natural forces imagined them as human in order to mitigate their fear of the unknown. The tradition of personifying nature continues to this day, for example in the practice of giving personal names to hurricanes.


==Project==
After the research for EMO(Giants and Little People)[1] I have slightly moved further with the word "Scale". Since we born in this world, the scale of the world for us is always changing, it changes with the grow and shrink of our physical body, also relies on the understanding or our emotion/feeling to the world. At a macro level, out general understanding of this world is also changing by the time, such as the conversion of public perception from Geocentrism to Heliocentrism or the changing of peoples' feeling to nature presented in the western painting history.
I have been working on prototypes these days, and figure out it is difficult for me at this moment to decide what the specific project would be.  
I have some ideas at this moment, but as I produce more, I think my understanding of the topic would improve time by time somehow.  


*1. By combine the elements of "human figure" and "nature" together in a large scale paper, such as using  the photo I took through the microscope as reference structure, take micro human figure displace the construction of leaf or other plants.
Through advanced technique, there is no doubt that we can obeserve the function of cells which constructs our physical body, monitor every single moment of a chemical reaction and simulate the process of a black hole having its food. On one hand the scale for measuring the world is gaining its datas, on the other hand, it doesn't bring a big difference on our perception to the world. We still live in the same model of cities or towns designed and built hundred years ago, the scale of buildings or roads didn't experience big difference in the past years. We feel safe living in the artificial world, and, we are escaping from or eating out the outside nature. Maybe only when we stand alone in a wild forest without any human life's evidence, we finally can feel the original fear or the awareness of our tininess as human being did thougsand years ago.


*2. The project would be an audiovisual installation. There is not specific decision of the image and sound. The sound could be recorded from inside of the plants (maybe) by contact phones, then amplify and synthesis to hearable sound. The image would base on the micro or and detailed construction of plants such as image taken by microscope, by using these images, creating 2d hand-drawing animation out of that. The work would be placed in a dark, half-closed room which provides enough silenced environment. The animation would be projected onto different spots with different scales, height and duration)in the room to build up the feeling of immersion. The path should be flexible for viewer going through, but there will also be a default path in the exhibition handbook.
When we talk about "nature", a general feeling is "nature" is something outside. It is not ture. If we look into the explanation of nature in wikipedia, in the first paragraph, it says :" 'Nature' refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. It ranges in scale from the subatomic to the cosmic."  As a component of the earth, human being is also a part of "Nature". The air we breath everyday, the pollen floating in the air,the small potting which generates this pollen in our bedroom, they are also components of nature. Nature is not just something " out there", it is also something "in here". But, if we trace the etymology of "nature" --the latin word "natura", or "essential qualities, innate disposition", and in ancient times, literally meant "birth", something does changed. With the highly developing science and technology, we now have the ability to change the genes of creatures, and we already have done this. The "nature" in our impression, which is the " wild" in the proper context, now is more and more difficult to survive, or, can only survive by the power of civilization -- at that time, the "wild" is also not the original "wild", it is something lokks like "the wild" and living under the proof of civilization. And the concept of "Nature", also need to be changed  with this inescapable artificial power.
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==Relation to previous practice==
When I started thinking the topic of the graduation project, I traced back to my old works before I came to PZI, most of them are illustrations. Then I realised in these drawings, little people or giants, the comparison of the scale between human and other species took a large part. Surely "scale" is an effective factor in different kinds of artwork, especially in drwaings and sculptures, I still wanted to dig out what is the point attracting me so much.
 
[[File:Illustration1.jpg|250px]] [[File:Illustration2.jpg|270px]] [[File:Illustration3.jpg|260px]] [[File:插画5.jpg|260px]]


==Relation to a larger context==
==Relation to a larger context==
[http://www.hiroshisenju.com/exhibitions/venezia-biennale Hiroshi Senju] <The Fall>
Hiroshi Senju focuses on drawing falls and other natural objects for years,  and he created a precise way to present falls. By carefully chosing the material like the paper, pigments and tools, also the space for placing the work, the light surrounding, he builds up immersive environment successfully.


Microwold's Photography by Daniel Stoupin  http://www.microworldsphotography.com/
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oUtjjwpIN0 Moving Painting]
The oldest known paintings are the Grotte Chauvet in France, the paintings show horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffalo, mammoth, abstract designs and what are possibly partial human figures. These paintings are thought as the respect for nature, or for the gain of prey


Hiroshi Senju :
==Practical steps==
[[File:Shofuso Hiroshi Senju Mural.JPG|200px|thumbnail]]
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Here are some prototypes I have made. <br>
<br>[[File:11.23.0.jpg|280px]]  [[File:11.26-2.jpg|280px]]  [[File:1 0007 img005.jpg|280px]]    [[File:1 0004 img013.jpg|300px]]


==Practical steps==
In order(All this practical steps are for experimenting the project sound of plants,now I am not sure if I should go further with):
*Working on prototypes for sound/visual, collect and analyse attractive installations,add--reduce.
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Here are some prototypes I made.<br>
{{vimeo|113225212}}    {{vimeo|113225260}}   
<br>[[File:Micro1.jpg|250px]]  [[File:3(vase.light from bottom).jpg|250px]]  [[File:7.JPG|250px]]<br>
<br>[[File:Microscope1.JPG|250px]]  [[File:Microscope2.JPG|250px]]  [[File:Microscope3.JPG|250px]] <br>


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[[File:DSC05002.JPG|test 1|800px]]  [[File:DSC05020.JPG|test 2|800px]]
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test in the big project room


{{vimeo|111947308}}    {{vimeo|112118186}}
 
<br>[[File:Pre-Space.jpg|400px]]  [[File:Pre-Scene1.jpg|500px]]  <br>


==References==
==References==
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Max Luthi ''The Fairytale as Art Form and Portrait of Man'
Max Luthi ''The Fairytale as Art Form and Portrait of Man'
Dolf Rieser  "Art and Science"


[English Scripts]Earth, Sea, and Sky: Nature in Western Art: Masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
[English Scripts]Earth, Sea, and Sky: Nature in Western Art: Masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art


Michael Pollan "The Botany of Desire"
Michael Pollan "The Botany of Desire"

Latest revision as of 12:09, 1 December 2014

Project

The project will be an audiovisual installation. The visual part is constructed by 3 to 5 animation loops, each one lasts around 10 seconds. These clips describe a same scene in different scale, base on the short size and the content of the loop, project them on to each wall with different screen size. The animations will be made by hand drawing with the concept of "moving painting", to drawing each frame as detailed and realistic as possible. For the sound part, there are two plans at this moment. One is using one soundtrack to build up the environment, the other one is adding different soundtracks to each animation which relates to what specifically happening in the certain short.

The work should be installed in a dark room, and the room shouldn't be too big that viewers would be forced to stay in a limited distance to the screen.

Introduction

After the research for EMO(Giants and Little People)[1] I have slightly moved further with the word "Scale". Since we born in this world, the scale of the world for us is always changing, it changes with the grow and shrink of our physical body, also relies on the understanding or our emotion/feeling to the world. At a macro level, out general understanding of this world is also changing by the time, such as the conversion of public perception from Geocentrism to Heliocentrism or the changing of peoples' feeling to nature presented in the western painting history.

Through advanced technique, there is no doubt that we can obeserve the function of cells which constructs our physical body, monitor every single moment of a chemical reaction and simulate the process of a black hole having its food. On one hand the scale for measuring the world is gaining its datas, on the other hand, it doesn't bring a big difference on our perception to the world. We still live in the same model of cities or towns designed and built hundred years ago, the scale of buildings or roads didn't experience big difference in the past years. We feel safe living in the artificial world, and, we are escaping from or eating out the outside nature. Maybe only when we stand alone in a wild forest without any human life's evidence, we finally can feel the original fear or the awareness of our tininess as human being did thougsand years ago.

When we talk about "nature", a general feeling is "nature" is something outside. It is not ture. If we look into the explanation of nature in wikipedia, in the first paragraph, it says :" 'Nature' refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. It ranges in scale from the subatomic to the cosmic." As a component of the earth, human being is also a part of "Nature". The air we breath everyday, the pollen floating in the air,the small potting which generates this pollen in our bedroom, they are also components of nature. Nature is not just something " out there", it is also something "in here". But, if we trace the etymology of "nature" --the latin word "natura", or "essential qualities, innate disposition", and in ancient times, literally meant "birth", something does changed. With the highly developing science and technology, we now have the ability to change the genes of creatures, and we already have done this. The "nature" in our impression, which is the " wild" in the proper context, now is more and more difficult to survive, or, can only survive by the power of civilization -- at that time, the "wild" is also not the original "wild", it is something lokks like "the wild" and living under the proof of civilization. And the concept of "Nature", also need to be changed with this inescapable artificial power.

Relation to a larger context

Hiroshi Senju <The Fall> Hiroshi Senju focuses on drawing falls and other natural objects for years, and he created a precise way to present falls. By carefully chosing the material like the paper, pigments and tools, also the space for placing the work, the light surrounding, he builds up immersive environment successfully.

Moving Painting

Practical steps


Here are some prototypes I have made.

11.23.0.jpg 11.26-2.jpg 1 0007 img005.jpg 1 0004 img013.jpg


http://vimeo.com/113225212

http://vimeo.com/113225260



test 1 test 2
test in the big project room



Pre-Space.jpg Pre-Scene1.jpg

References

Oliver Grau Virtual Art -- From Illusion To Immersion

Gyorgy Kepes The Nature and Art of Motion

Max Luthi The Fairytale as Art Form and Portrait of Man'

[English Scripts]Earth, Sea, and Sky: Nature in Western Art: Masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Michael Pollan "The Botany of Desire"