Pavilion latest

Structural drawings of the pavilion are completed and sent off to selected contractors, this drawing shows the Dish positioning and fixing details.

Structural considerations

I am currently working with Tom Bedford on the structural issues of the pavilion, specifically how we hold up the dishes over the entrance. I have also been rearranging the supporting posts, with a view to spreading the dishes out a bit, creating a more dynamic spread. These are the latest pictures.

Red Balloons

To give the visitors to the exhibition an idea of the actual scale of the stucture, I drew the footprint of the Gabion wall on the paving of the courtyard. Tom Bedford (our stuctural engineer) suggested that we use balloons to indicate the height of the pavilion, so we did.

Our Space Preview

Yesterday we spent the day setting up the exhibition, lots of very busy people, special thanks to George, Decklan, Matt, Kim, Michael, Dan, Gemma, Holly and Ben along with all the Our Space team and everyone else for all the hard work, the show looks great. Here are some pictures of the preview. The show is on until Saturday 20th Oct.

Rendered Courtyard pictures

Here are some new images of the Pavilion in the site. The first two pictures are aerial views, the last two pictures will give you an idea of what it looks like through the windows from the ground and first floor

OurSpace thoughts

Met yesterday with Duncan, Marina and Tom Bedford (structural engineer) to discuss the OurSpace pavilion, the meeting was positive and constructive. The project is now moving out of my comfort zone into a wider, deeper space. It’s an exciting moment because up to now the project has occupied territory familiar to me; variations on routes I have already travelled. I now feel challenged by the scale of the structure, not because I can’t do it but because it’s bigger than anything I have made before. I have complete confidence in the team I have around me, which feels good. The potential is here to make a great sculpture/structure for Willingdon Community School.

Research into possible fabrication methods for the discs is my next task.
But first I am going to go on holiday…

Meeting

Yesterday I met with Marina and Duncan to show them the model and plan for the Oct exhibition, very productive - now we have to start talking to engineers and fabricators

The Pavilion Model

The Model is nearly finished, I am waiting for more grey tube to arrive, here are some pics of it in progress

Pavilion images with people

More Pavilion images

Our Space Pavilion

Circular structure, canopy formed of red, powder coated, spun, steel discs
The position and diameter of each disc corresponds with height and out-stretched arm span
of a member of the Willingdon school community, the lower small discs, correspond with
younger members of the community, the big high discs correspond with the adults.
It is a space for contemplation, sounds will resonate downward from the discs, reflecting
what is going on below and amplifying wind and rain noise.

Pavilion Origin Sequence

Graphs

Today I have been working on a range of graphs, generating some new forms, tomorrow I will begin work on a model.

Will Nash Projects

Will Nash
Public Project Statement, August 2007

Nash’s recent participatory work has focused on patterns formed from the journeys people make through time and space as they go about their days, weeks and years. The work is built up out of information gathered from groups of individuals connected by location, interests or other factors.

The Footprint Project focused on Stanmer Park, near Brighton. A collaboration between the sculptor Will Nash and the everyday users of the park, the project observed the park as a living network of pathways, kept live by the flow of people moving through it. Two thousand maps of the park, designed and produced by Nash, were distributed in Stanmer Park and the surrounding areas between February and June 2006. Visitors to the park were asked to mark their ‘routes’ around the park on the map; two hundred and thirty five completed maps were returned. The collected ‘route marks’ became the raw data, source material for a new body of sculptures and prints which observe and celebrate the perambulations of the public at their leisure in the landscape. The project culminated with an exhibition of the sculptures, prints, and a selection of maps completed by project participants, at the Gardner Arts Centre

The Global Footprint participatory public art project. This ongoing project is collecting the journeys made by participants, from their place of origin, wherever on the globe that may be, through time and space to the present. Feeding this information into a Geographical Information System (GIS) will provide a network of routes representing the migratory patterns of the participants. The routes will form the basis of new global route mark artworks. The public are invited to participate by filling in a Global Footprint form then depositing it in to a collection box.

Our Space is an ambitious public art project involving the whole community in and around Willingdon Community School, East Sussex, to participate (see the Our Space form) in the creation of a new sculpture to be situated in the school grounds. ’Our Space’ aims to permanently and holistically transform a disused outside courtyard area for both the school and wider community to enjoy. Everyone with a past, present or future relationship with the school is invited to be involved. From a collected bank of images, memories and measurements, the physical work will emerge. “The idea behind the ‘Our Space’ project is of community. What do we mean when we talk about our community? Geography, people, place and common interests, but also more importantly, it refers to a common ‘all’ made up of individuals. ‘Our Space’ aims to involve ‘all’ of the school community in its process and to represent this community in the resulting artworks”


The Footprint and Our Space projects are an innovative approach to Public Art, merging the consultation process with the creative element – ‘Creative Consultation’ has the potential to turn the dry form filling usually associated with consultation documents into a rewarding creative activity for all ages across the social spectrum. This is Public Art that truly engages the Public with the art from beginning to end. The ‘Creative Consultation’ approach is social, educational and raises the profile of the project in the local area. Taking part means exploring and considering our public environment.

Benefits:
Connecting people with their local environment.
Encouraging participation in debate/consultation on local regeneration.
Diverse range of participants involved in the consultation process.
Stimulating engagement with the arts and nature.
Accessible to anyone (free fun activity for all ages) – great for families.
Combining low and high tech – inexpensive.
Encouraging local recreation and respect for public space.

Photo Booth

This picture shows the image collection process, participants were asked to remove their shoes and stand on two red spots in front of a white backdrop. To retain consistency the camera was set at a specific height and distance from the subject for all the pictures.

Red Spinner

This is Red Spinner, the form is described by rotating the outline of one of our Our Space participants through 360 degrees

Sketchbook

This Blog will mostly consist of images generated during the working process of the Our Space project, the intention is to provide an insight into my methods.

Our Space - test rotate image two

Our Space - test rotate image

Cut Out image one