Saturday, April 10, 2010

The stairs

Below: stairs up to Piccinini's studio. The stairs are smooth and fluid, matching the shape of the studio, Piccinini's artwork 'Undivided' and the word love. It is made of white, matte, plastic based material.
I imagined the artwork 'Undivided' to be carried down to the gallery slowly and gently, as if carrying down a sleeping child. The designated spot for the artwork allows it also be gently positioned there with ease.


Below: stairs down to Goodwin's studio. The stairs represent the word 'parched', through the shape of the treads and the custom texture I applied. The design of these stairs has changed from the previous one posted, which I thought were too conventional. I wanted something quite bare but skeletal-like, hence the sharp pointed shapes and the floating-in-the-air treads.

In relation to the approach to bring the artwork to the gallery, it would be as if the artist and artwork are rising out of the ground step by step. Since the artwork has a kind of mellow quality, it would then be placed in the hollow in the centre. Attention is drawn to the artwork here because it is partially concealed so audiences would be intrigued to see what is nested at the centre of the hole.

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