At the exhibition, someone asked me "so what do you think of claystation?"
I think it's something that we don't get to do very often, just like my project for mapping K'Road fashion, exploring conceptual idea for a long period of time seems to be a luxury thing for architectural student. we do that for the beginning of every design topic off course, but after that, the final product has to be architectural, has to be resolved.
This course is refreshing because it is conceptual, and allowed us to enjoy it, learning how to learn (the process) .
Through my project of mapping , I had the opportunity to talk to over 50 strangers on K'Road, and get their response to my project.
From the simple action of drawing yourself, it's breaking the " I can't draw " or "I'm not pretty" or " I'm not fashionable" walls. And personally I think it can be repeated anywhere, everyone can draw! probably not like an artist, but everyone can draw! just like the idea of making buildings out of clay, everyone can draw themselves on a piece of paper.
If you look at some of the drawing, there are animals and robots and non- human creatures. some people are quite self-conscious and only showed a little bit of themselves. some people even had the idea of a jumper with all these photos printed on, but instead of strangers, you could "wear" your family and friends.
This project opened my eyes and hopefully those of the gallery patrons to the diversity of K'Road, and to the diversity of people in general - a simple exercise in surveying, drawing and displaying has revealed the depth of character in the participants.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
before the exihibition
This is me standing infront of my work
The map of K'Road is drawn on the wall in light pencil
there are about 50 "people" pinned on the map at where I asked them to draw for me
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