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November 15, 2005
Final Project Idea
First, here's my portfolio.
Here is my elevator pitch (it was 20 lines in my text editor):
The keywords for my project would be Museum Exhibit, Clear Floor, Narrative Layout.
The general idea of my project is a museum exhibit whose floors are clear (perhaps made of plexiglass). The layout would form a narrative to create a specific feeling in the person experiencing it.
Specifically, this exhibit would have three rooms. The first room would be small and introductory, and the floor would not be clear. The second room would be a bit larger and have a clear floor beneath which a small diorama would begin to tell a story. The third room would be massive and the diorama beneath it would also be large and elaborate. The effect would be a narrative space of steadily increasing impact.
The intent of the project is to use physical space in a sequential way to impress upon the person experiencing the enormity of the subject matter. A potential application could be an exhibit about war. Beneath the plexi-glass in the second room could be a band of dissidents and in the next room there could be a massive wave of troops about to overpower them. The experience of entering the last, large room would be frightening - which, in this application - would be the point.
This project is too big to really build, so a model would be built out of foam board and plexiglass. A theme would have to be chosen and items for that would be obtained.
Posted by Andrew Maskin at November 15, 2005 09:21 PM