Incorporating textures and artist works into building

This is the overall display of my chosen model used to incorporate material textures as well as inserting selected artists' work. The texture used for ground floor is opaque, first floor with the texture slickness and below ground floor with the texture fibrous.

ground floor - opaque

first floor - sharp

below ground floor - fibrous



Before I get started, I would just like to redefine my model. As can be seen, parts of the building sections have been removed compared to earlier attempts of building a more detailed and 'a little bit too crazy' as said by my tutor. Besides, I received a comment saying that some parts of the buildings have disrupted view of staircases. I have carefully removed some parts of the buildings as well as adding in the existence of materials to enhance the staircases. For instance, the glass barrier for ground floor to first floor stairs as depicted in the image.





The ground floor of this model serves as an exhibition space to display Fiona Hall and Rosalie Gascoigne's work. Please refer to the earlier posts to know more details about the name and the characteristics of the two artworks. Hall's work is seen encased in a semi-transparent plastic cover with two clear-view intervals in between. The artwork is hanged onto a thin slab of wood on top of it, and illuminated by lights from below.

Gascoigne's artwork is placed on a picture stand, and is at a tilted position to let visitors have a possibly better view of the artwork.

The use of opaque tiles for ground floor covering is of two reasons. Firstly, as the building itself consists of glass doors, panels and windows, the use of non-reflective material can balance the effects of transmitted and reflected light. Secondly, the use of dark and high opacity material helps to make the artworks stand out more strikingly.

Hall's working space is located at first floor. A drawing table as well as a resource table is provided for her. There is ample space at the middle part and the other end where she can properly set into arrangement of furniture, machines and artworks. The working space has the theme 'sharp', as I believe that Fiona Hall has to be sharp and precise in her work as a photographer and a sculptor. Moreover, she is constantly engaged with the happenings around the world, taking into account of central issues and applying them into her artworks. I presume that Hall is a sharp and observant artist.

Gascoigne is given the underground space as her working area. Her work basically involves collecting masses of used material and which may need to be refined or processed before usage. The slightly higher space underground plus the incorporated device to attenuate intensity of machine sounds is a perfect spot for her work. She is provided with an easel to help her plan her layout, a table for generaal use, and a work bench where she can do other works like drilling and pasting (shown in image below).

The work space has the theme ' fibrous'. This word also means tough, signifying Gascoigne's determination in doing her work even when she only started at a quite advanced age of 57 years old. The patterns of fibrous wood walls, if you would look closely enough, has a somewhat close link to human's finger print. Gascoigne has a strong resemblance to this as she carefully and intricately selects materials that will be used for her work. So, it can be said that Gascoigne has her finger prints on her materials.

Jabez Ho