Final Work

“Imprints of Ephemeral Motion” is a work about our symbiotic relationship with the built environment. It stems from the idea that architects and urban planners shape human movement through the process of designing the space around them and in turn, human activities influence their surroundings overtime. A pattern will be used to metaphorically represent the built environment. As people walk past the screen, the strands that form the pattern move in response to the viewer. The imprint of the person’s movement is captured in the pattern and the elements stay in their altered state – till another viewer walks by to create a new imprint. The eventual positions of the elements reflect the many imprints of the people that walk past the outdoor installation over time.