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Assignment 6 – Tactile Body Space | Livia Newman

At Home – Pavilion outside Vancouver Art Gallery

Analysis of the various materials throughout the pavilion infant of Vancouver Art Gallery. Although these materials were all utilized at different scales they all had a similar scale of presence on site due to their colour, placement and height.

Pavers – cold, dirty, gritty

Cafe seating – bright, wet, cold, scratched

Metal planters with wooden seating – faded (seasonal plants and wood), rough in some spots / smooth in other spots, cold metal pieces, loud due to proximity to traffic

Wooden benches surrounding trees – smooth, warm, soft


In Class Work

Site Textures

Seating + textures

Interior, stair case experience

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5: Using Our Hands – Alwyn Rutherford

BLINDfolded DRAWING: OUTSIDE OF CLASS

I put on a blindfold and held out my hand to be given a mystery object. Then, with the blindfold still on, I felt the object with one hand while drawing in my sketchbook with the other hand.

For all of these drawings, I had no idea what the objects were before they were placed in my hand. I had no previous experience with the first two objects, so they were completely new to me. The third object I have seen before, but I never examined it or looked very closely until now.

Object #1 was a metal screw for ice climbing. The upper two images were drawn by touch only while blindfolded, followed by a regular drawing and a photo of the object.

 

Object #2 was a rope pulley that is used in mountaineering. The upper image was drawn by touch only while blindfolded, followed by a set of regular drawings, and photos of the object.

 

Object #3 was the front part of a ski binding. The upper image was drawn by touch only while blindfolded, followed by regular drawings, and photos of the object.

BLINDfolded DRAWING: IN CLASS

Blindfolded drawings of an object selected at random from a box of mystery objects. Completed in class.

 

OBJECT REVEAL: IN CLASS

 

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5: Using Our Hands – Madelaine Snelgrove

IN CLASS

Blindfolded sketching – object was smooth, octagonal and when holding it I noticed that there was an indented space just large enough for a tea candle. While I drew, I noticed that while I had an understanding of what the object likely looked like, I found it hard to keep track of where my pencil was on the paper. Because it was a symmetrical object though, this task wasn’t as difficult for me as I believe it was for others with more intricate or oddly shaped objects.

The fourth drawing was created without the blindfold on and able to see the object. I noticed that I felt required to be accurate and was far less loose with my drawings. For example, I noticed that I kept getting frustrated that I was making it taller than it actually was.

The object with my drawings.

 

AT HOME

I tasked my partner with finding an object for me to blindfold draw, which turned out to be harder than expected. We’ve lived together for a few years so finding an object that is new to me is hard. In the end, I did know what the object was but it had been boxed up for a few years so I couldn’t remember any of the details at all. It was also much larger than the candle holder which made it far more difficult to get an understanding of the geometry of the object.

The object was a label maker made of metal and plastic. I could generally feel where grooves and indents were as well as the change of material, but I realized once I took off the blindfold that there were many more details that I somehow missed.

          

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3: Mapping – Alwyn Rutherford

In Class: Section of THE NEST
Section drawing of the Nest building, created during a site visit in class.
Outside of Class: Mapping MOVEMENT & STILLNESS
Mapping people’s movement and duration of stay on the staircase inside the Nest. Arrows indicate direction of movement, while shading indicates the duration of time spent in the space. Drawn outside of class time.

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