間 MA’s Obscure City of Voids – ANTLAND
Mood box
Hello!
For the first assignment on 間 MA’s OBSCURE CITY of VOIDS, we had to create a mood box using the sounds that we created. So my group mates are Bala & Qis. Me and Bala did on the same recording and Qis did on the 2nd recording.
Dominant: Xylophone
Sub-dominant: Egg Shaker
Sub-ordinate: Zig Zag Block
At first I was difficult for me to visualise how the mood box can relate to the sound recording. With the help from mind mapping, I started to get ideations on how to execute the mood box.
When I listened to the sound recording, it sounded like a lullaby, which is why I thought of using black. However I did not want everything to be black so I added white in the center of the box.
The small round dots represents the egg shaker, as throughout the recording the egg shaker is a guide for the xylophone and zig zag block.
The black rectangle represents the xylophone. It has different sizes as the xylophone also has different sizes.
The white sphere in the centre represent the zig zag block. To me, the the zig zag block’s sound is like a loop, going back to each other. Hence I interpret it in a sphere. And it is created by a broken plane as it is inspired by the zig zag block’s texture.
All the element are in a straight line as the sound wave height does not change drastically.
Feedback given: The number of element in my mood box should be the same counting as the recording.
Research
Hello!
New assignment coming through.
So before I start on the new assignment, I went to search on the definition of 間 MA’s OBSCURE CITY of VOIDS.
So after a bit of research, I can roughly guess what this project is about. To my understanding, it is about creating or designing a building or architecture with the use of voids. Or an installation as in the previous lesson we did some sounds and our homework was to interpret the rhythm and express it.
However, I feel that this project is somehow related to gestalt and the use of negative space. To my understanding, gestalt is about the overall view rather than a part of it. And there is also a combination of meaning in it – smaller part has a different meaning than the overall view.
Other than that, I also did a research on Modular structure.
Based on Wikipedia, Modular design, or “modularity in design”, is a design approach that subdivides a system into smaller parts called modules or skids, that can be independently created and then used in different systems.
Other sources states that Modular Architecture refers to the design of any system composed of separate components that can be connected together. The beauty of modular architecture is that you can replace or add any one component (module) without affecting the rest of the system.
Some examples of Modular design:
What I like from this modular design that, it can be added on and expand the building by just repeating the basic form. (source)
Similarly to the first example, this modular design for plants can be extend to the gardener’s preferences. (source)
Among the 3 examples, this is my favourite modular design. As firstly, it has a minimal design. Secondly each component of the design can be extended and separated for different purposes.
To conclude modular design, from my understand, is a part that can be added on by repeating the same part. Other than that, different purpose can be inserted when the parts are separated or compact together.