texFUR

So this is the material fringe project. A few sheets of newspaper are folded together then fed into a shredder creating varying lengths of fringe. They are then assembled together to create a sheet of varying fringe lengths that create a grade of fluff. The structure is just used as an armature. It is essentially a torqued tent frame.

The idea is to utilize material, color, texture and light to enhance sensibilities of space. It is more of a reaction to purist, Modernist ideas about material working from the "decor" of 80s postmodernism and into building cosmetics. Eisenman vs. Herzog and de Meuron.

Pictures coming soon. however here are some diagrams to keep you busy.

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Just a thought....

When ever I look at the icon for the studio blog (the orange one) I see a bowl of ice cream Continue

hey guys, we're locked in loaded for some fb action, all posts are auto-loaded to the shiny new fb group! keep it live! feel free to "like" it, and upload work samples!
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COLLECTIVE Christmas/NewYears/myBirthday celebration/regroup/drop-in

December 20&21 (edit: I'll be home 20/21, but I meant to type the 27th &28th)  my place, Clemson SC

love, Andrew

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advice...

ok, let me have it.




the ramps have very slight gradients, hatched are the rooftops of bldgs i made, greyed in existing bldgs. other parts grass landscape. Continue

delirious distraction

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GEERRRL P'LEASE

http://www.npr.org/2010/11/22/131517862/dark-times-befall-painter-of-light-thomas-kinkade
1 in 20 Americans have partaken in this light of God cash cow, and yet, I'm still not surprised. In conclusion: the financial retardation of Kinkade's George W. tested, Walmart approved shared values gimmick makes me finally appreciate Jeff Koons. You're welcome Koonsy.  Continue

I hope this gets to you

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a title makes it real

Latest news from the Florida home front... I have a title for my manuscript.
Beasts in the Dark
and right now it's just that,
a big beast,
in the dark.
I'm slaving at it and will post some new poems soon!
Everyone's work looks really great on here... we're actually going places guys! :)
I miss you all.
love.
R
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remember this?

We need to plan a Collective reunion!

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PLEASE REVIEW

http://issuu.com/lcshelton/docs/for_issuu

that is the link

Hey guys!

This is a portfolio of one of our 2nd years (back in the day when we all had Martha and they did that 2-4-2-4-2 thing).

Anyway, it time for them to go to Grad School!!!

Would you please leave comments, things to help make it better.

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directing debut (rough cut)

the ending is totally unresolved at the moment but i have a plan which involves projectors and spandex.  transitions still need a lot of work. Continue

Seasonal Me

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Yes it's a box and it's beautiful

Exterior watercolor of the GSP expansion comprehensive project. I'm working with Jessica Jeager. And she is pretty much awesome. The project uses dark and light as a way to direct movement. Light fills this 4 story space where the top two stories break above the ground bringing light into the bottom two stories which are submerged underground. The entry to the airport is underground allowing a public garden to surround the box and creating an architecture to emerge in the forest and surrounding landscape.

We are still working on a shading device which must celebrate the glass box without covering it and dissolving its idea.

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"XLounge" by Mark Wentzel

eames chair in the 21st c.

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glass menagerie final model

I had a lot of fun lighting this model.  It was interesting to go back and explore the show from a different perspective.  I wanted to create a space that was ethereal but at the same time had the menacing and heavy presence of a collapsed building.  The structural elements are inspired by rays of light through a fire stair.  I think if I take more photos, I would have some with the background structures totally blacked out, which I think would help soften the space.

Working on "The Hothouse" by Harold Pinter next.

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the way the leaves fall slow, clocks reverse. it's that time again. let's ride out fall together. like this.
(also found on deelow, if you don't know about that yet.)


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I wa nt to be an arch i tect

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light pollination

by shana and robert parkeharrison

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hamlet

Production photos from Hamlet.  These were taken last night at the Hammer Museum.  The show then goes to UCLA, followed by LATC (Los Angeles Theatre Center).

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over the verbosity

Do I hate this project because it's too theoretical or just because I don't get it?

http://www.suckerpunchdaily.com/2010/10/15/skeleton-of-redemption/ Continue

Paper-Cut Cat

before viewing, please set your background music to the theme from Phantom of the Opera


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just keep swimming (/scrolling)

...the first image reminded me of casey for some reason.


EVDAY.net

get your weed ready for the two main exhibits: channel shazam and portable cat fight. Continue

time for fresh eggs!

coop project my roommate and i completed just in time for 5 beautiful lil chickies! [made of lots of found materials, and some used]. i even cut apart a tree in the rain for an hour for these birds..

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another render

...thinking about adding a quote from poetics of space in the thought bubble.

...going to have a series of these with the people's thoughts explaining the intentions behind the spaces.

...will make a bird's eye view with people walking around and little dotted trails behind them showing circulation paths. Continue

astro turf and vray

-grass needs help. Continue

some quick diagrams from a new folly

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Narrative Solitons?

I'm right on top of that, Rose. 

Optical Solitons at different powers (a) 70W (b)  320W and (c) 500W

H. S. Eisenberg, Y. Silberberg, 

R. Morandotti, A. R. Boyd, and J. S. Aitchison

Discrete Spatial Optical Solitons in Waveguide Arrays, 1998

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IMEMPLOYEDYALL

Okaiiii, so I finally found a job interning at a local real estate franchise in Rock Hill. I know it's not architecture, but whatevs...it deals with "shyman-inspired" houses, so that should be enough. They're the best real estate team in SC, so I'm excited to spread my geisha wang-ness...ps i need to make a tranny book on lulu from that night. I'm sad that i have to dress semi-conservative-ish and not show any leg:( Continue

vøte!

hello all, starving artist assistance time! some fellow metáfora alums are competing in an H&M competition. their collective is Gabriella Frost, based in sweden. please vote luvz!

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blast from the past

Project: Scenic design for Glass Menagerie

Less literal.  More emotional.

(Crappy) photo of my design from two years ago:

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mooresy va reading project

"When insomnia, which is the philosopher's ailment, is increased through irritation caused by city noises; or when, late at night, the hum of automobiles and trucks rumbling through the Place Maubert causes me to curse my city dweller's fate, I can recover my calm by living the metaphors of the ocean. We all know that the big city is a clamorous sea, and it has been said countless times that, in the heart of the night in Paris, one hears the ceaseless murmur of flood and tide. So I make a sincere image out of these hackneyed ones, an image that is as much my own as though I myself had invented it, in line with my gentle mania for always believing that I am the subject of what I am thinking."

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BAM

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moody model fotos

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tsunami evacuation infrastructure

When the world floods due to global warming, we'll build a mountain range around europe to keep out the water. we will build pods attached above our houses via ladders. then, when a tsunami hits, we will be prepared. Continue

Pick One, Thanks.

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moss production

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a prescribed section/plan graphic

we scanned our thumbprint, traced the topography lines, and sculpted a landscape (all while merging with 36 other sites.) Continue

F****** POSTERS

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How many lines does it take?

A product of boredom during yesterday's review. Also, my studio professor is from Argentina and every time he says "Hokay guys" I have Juan-Carlos flashbacks.

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HEYGUYSIT'SBEENTOOLONGWESHOULDCATCHUP. all of us. (I stole to keep it going)

I am taking "the material fringe" this semester which is a workshop that discusses the underlying theories of material, their effect, and their sensibility. We discuss past and current concepts regarding this subject through readings while learning the analytical and digital tools needed to approach this subject physically (Maya, Grasshopper, CNC). My group and I have chosen shredded paper as material to explore from wood ends, wood block, glass cullet, retired asphalt shingles and bark. A form work will also be explored in the same way to support and fuse the CNC with the untraditional material. The final development will be approximately the size of a door or small wall, but there is not a real limitation. Color and its application will be generated for the final construction, as well. If you have a tumblr we to post regularly to update the class. Follow aqui http://www.tumblr.com/tumblelog/materialfringe . I will post photos of initial explorations soon.

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A storm rolled in from across the plains and emptied itself in the Mississippi..

Night lightning. Continuous shutter @ 1-second intervals over 2+ minutes.

There are dark calms and frying jolts like an argument between clouds.

The light is silent but the darkness growls.

(And in all things, patterns, how recharging cloud energy is bundled in the dark lapses,

how the seconds between light and thunder measure the distance between you and all that violence.)

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HEYGUYSIT'SBEENTOOLONGWESHOULDCATCHUP. all of us.

so. i'm in an experimental radio course this semester. it's a vpa studio dedicated to the exploration of sound (recording, editing, manipulating, podcasting, etc). you can play along with us at our class blog. you'll find all of our listening assignments there (which we discuss each week), as well as our class podcasts (eventually). we have our first "track" due tomorrow, which is comprised only of field recording done last week. hoping to use some podcasting skills for the good of the collective quite soon.
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a me scenic design/architecture class

I am way too excited about this class:

"This seminar begins a two-quarter sequence exploring the theory, design, and fabrication of scenery for live performance that is physically transformable, site-specific, and designed to incorporate projected digital media. The course will draw from literature on multimedia performance, architectural theory, and theatrical scenography, as well as construction and performance techniques from a variety of disciplines. Students' final collaborative projects will develop staging for a well-known theatrical scene in collaboration with a director, others designers, and performers, one or more of which will be refined and fabricated in Winter. The course is a collaboration between the Dept. of Architecture and Urban Design and the School of Theater Film & Television, supported by the UCLA Arts Initiative."

All I can say is: duh.  Will be posting work from this one.

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notes

Hi everyone.

In my desperate attempt to get out of the AAH class for this semester, I am asking if anyone has any digital/ handwritten notes from any of the AAH classes or the history of cities class with Katrine if they could please post it.

Thankssssss

<3.
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Seasonal me

Summer is ending. No more hot sticky nights or heavy thick air. Gone are the days where my cat sleeps in the bathtub because my attic apartment is exceeding healthy temperatures. But, as the days become cooler I must say goodbye to the summer produce. So my last summer dish of the season I used every vegetable I had and welcomed fall open arms.

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STOPIT!

i got one last christmas...what?!

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i am not a graphic designer. be nice. ali really likes this hodge-podgey i printed this myself with 8 million letterpress sets kind of look. it's been a challenge, and criticism is obviously still needed. the size is 3x5, meant to be on the fridge or bulletin board through this winter, promising a summer celebration. crabs are a symbol of the swampy lowcountry, where she will be wed. Continue

alright. ali (my sis) finally got engaged, and i am charged with some little notecards that go out to the bridesmaids, as well as the save the date. right now, the concept for the bridesmaid invite is a little paper doll that the girl has to undress to find the request... Continue

grad school conversations

S: "We just need to get back in the groove, is all."

M: "But at my school we were never this busy, and this is only orientation!"

J: "You weren't so deeply grooved, then ...

S: "At our school, 'in the groove' was more like 'in a rut.'"

J: "Or 'in an orifice.'"
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temps didn't tell us he moonlights at a café in milan. 

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Even a 3 year old is getting more work done than me   painting by Suz & Andrew 38.5" by 28.5"
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a lee studio folly

playcloud. Continue

yea-yah.

coed magazine

can we say tranny?
never mind, we don't have to.
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POETRY!

Here is the link to the podcast from my poetry reading last week... I'm the second reader so you have to go forward or enjoy the wonderful poetry of Desiree- a recent grad from FSU.

Desiree Johnson and Roslyn Cowart - July 20, 2010

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Sustainable Me

It is definitely no secret that I am a promoter of all things sustainable and that my obsession goes so far as to owning a worm bin to create my own compost. But despite my small efforts I feel like I am always battling the mindset of the community and the role they play in the environment. This became clear in my latest eco-adventure when I began picking up trash during my sunday morning walks. Raleigh isn't exactly the bustling metropolis that some of you live in, and well street sweepers do not exist. To make matters worse, I live in a mixed neighborhood of college kids, young family's, public housing and then million dollar homes (its all about location here.) I have past street trash every day to and from school and never thought twice about it. But here lies the problem, until people care, its going to remain. Saying this, the last three weeks I have collected 3 bags of trash and 4 bags of recyclables. Next time you head outside just take notice of what's left behind. You don't have to go as far as to pick it up, because believe me it is a nasty job, but to just become aware. Continue

shameless self promotion

As a freelance designer/artist I have come to appreciate the idea of "branding" oneself.  Here are a few things learned in my brief brainstorming process:

_I wanted my blog to have a vague name...something interesting but not something that would "pigeon hole" it.

_The name has to be completely unique (the hardest part)

_The name has to be versatile...something that can translate into a store name, a production company, a magazine etc. etc.

After a couple days of intense brainstorming, I finally came up with a name:
the hyper manikin


Not sure how focused I want it to be...or what I really want the blog to be about...but I feel like I shouldn't try to force anything...it will evolve naturally.

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this is an old manufacturing depot that faces one of syracuse's major highways, 691. this is just moments away from downtown, and along the same path the erie canal used to follow. we're talking a perfectly good platform RIGHT by the interstate, elevated 30 feet in the air. right now, there is a lame mural of trains (in order to honor the history?) and a series of white mannequins in various positions on the waiting platform. sometimes they sport hawaiian leis. naida and i always talk about how neat it would be to be able to access it. you could imagine an intervention that must create some sort of hyper-protective (yet still transparent) space. protection against cars moving at unnatural speeds, transparency for the spectacle of that very speed.

i'm not sure if i'm forming a thesis here, or if i am inviting everyone to offer ideas as to a possible project proposal. i'll be sure to get more on this when i actually return to syracuse.
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inception.

everyone go and see it. then we can discuss. Continue

sh*t just got real.

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I wish we were all lounging together in a field somehwere.

Happy summer, everyone...
Colorado's gorgeous., and so are its flowers.
Here's what it feels like
to be an ant inside of a peony.



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can't get enough of this image at the moment. I think it has something to do with the visual power the breakwater holds as a line against the actual power of the ocean. Looks can be deceiving. 

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