Tuesday, 20 February 2018

Synthesis: HELP drawing/ theory


  • I did some drawing in Leeds train station - attempted to reflect Auge's (1995) theories in my drawing - Like in Rachel Gannon's work but in my own style
  • Focus on masses, signs, space monotony, repetition, information overload, orders
  • BUT they feel too similar - not finding out anything new - finding it dull drawing faceless figures and signs
  • Want to reflect Auge's writing in my work but how do I make it more exciting ??
  • Text is interesting - like insensitivity of it - but not cliche figures surrounded by it
  • Could use stand alone text to create contrast? - What is the text of liminality?
  • Or could do the opposite - look for holes in his theories - reject them?? create chaos in non-place YES

Thursday, 15 February 2018

Synthesis: Theory VS Personal Experience


  •  Having experienced it form myself I can better see how some of the general theories on liminality might be applied to space
  • Write Practice (Bunting, 2014) about storytelling literature: Liminality = Process - starts with deconstruction of old after a death, resulting in a chaos. There then comes a hope for the new and a transformation out of this state of chaos.
  • HERE: Death: Failure of leeds dock, eventual abandonment, decomposition - now in a state of chaos - movement out of liminality would be rejuvenation
  • Sunset Liminal website 2014: “Liminality is the threshold of the unexplained. It is full of concepts without phrases and definitions without meanings”
  • HERE: Discomfort in unfamiliarity - unexplained objects in weird places - smashed windows - how did this happen??
BUT: feels more urban than space I'm thinking about where nature is taking over!! How do I tackle this?? - Maybe walk down canal out of city?