Group Proposal Hand In

Group Rationale for a group of 4: Craig, Jenny, Sula and Jenny 

As a mutually supportive group brought together by our aesthetic, social, and environmental values: We wish to curate an immersive and cohesive arrangement of our works. Our complementary practices use the natural world to provide source material for making environmentally sensitive pieces. We take inspiration from landscape and organic forms, bringing our sculptures together to reinforce these ideas. Collaborating in an open room allows the work to resonate with the viewer, enabling them to be immersed in a holistic experience of place.

                                   

Why Studio 58?

Studio 58 is the culminatory articulation of Mackintosh’s journey from dark to light evident throughout the building: we see this as a metaphor for enlightenment which parallels our educational journey through art school. We feel this room, more than any other within the Mac’ building, conveys our aesthetic concerns as well as ensuring the practical requirements for our work. This space is rarely viewed without enclosing studio walls, we wish to explore the potential of this room, honouring the original architecture.

                 

  Architectural Aesthetic

Light

• Open, Light and Airy- feeling of the outdoors.
• The light in this room allows natural materials to be viewed with their true colours, unchanged by electric lighting.
• Changing light throughout the day connects the space and the work with Earth’s cycles creating a calm, contemplative space.
• Mackintosh intended transition between dark and light within the space.

Natural Forms

• A room wider than it is high- mirroring the landscape format.
• Open architectural space gives a feeling of being within a landscape, allowing the viewer to take a natural journey through the works.

• Beams and pillars allude to trees
  
  

“The tree is the conduit of the earth-water-air cycle as well as being the archetypal cultural image of transformation from dark to light, underworld to heaven”                                                                    Chris Drury

• Potential to reveal the water-bearer plaster casts that are behind the studio walls.

  Practical Requirements

• Natural light
• Open space
• Accessible windowsills for placing work
• Beams allow for the suspension of objects
• Power sockets

Co-operation/Compromise

We understand that we will need to negotiate these plans with the other students in the room and are make compromises to  accommodate their needs.

Proposed layout 1
If the others sharing the space agreed to an open plan with no walls this would be our ideal layout.

Proposed layout 2

If the others sharing the space with us do not want an open plan then we would propose using a section of the room and giving the others free reign.