Tyler Crain

Now that the internet finally funciona, I can write my blog. I tried to do it at school yesterday but it wasn't really working out and everyone else was using the other ethernet connections so I went home to do it but the internet was down. Anyways, I have my video that I made last class addressing the unintended use of architecture and I have been trying to build off of that video and idea. I have posted a couple of still frames from it on flickr. I considered such possibilities as taping on walls, making another video, and using a projector for a video. After thinking about it for a while, I have decided to use sort of a slideshow/video with sound. I believe the sound played during the screening will be Sysyphus: Part III from Pink Floyd's Ummagumma. It is not really recognizable as any certain musician/band's "sound", it is more of just a cacophony of various sounds that in my opinion sound like "architecture". More importantly, the slides will project drawings and sketches of a chosen building in Montecatini, which are meant to represent the architects plans, drawings, and ideas. These will include rough, first-draft sketches as well as more refined trace drawings. Next will come a photo I have made of the building, but instead of the final product as it should be, the building will have evidence of graffiti, blurred figures climbing it, etc. This part will involve a lot of photoshop. It is meant to show the difference between the architect's plan/vision of the structure and how the structure will actually be used once it is built. People oftentimes find creative new uses for the structures around them. I will post some of my sketches/notes on flickr, as well as the development of my alternative photo process, which I'll admit, I have spent most of the weekend working on.