Something Different? Or is it? Narrative Space...

by -Matt Cexwish-

Hi Di Ho!



As the other Monkeys are happily guzzling down a couple of tasty Belgian Waffles after meeting hundreds of Friends in Bruxelles, it is time to post something slightly unusual in the Jungle: Architecture...

Some of you might know that a couple of the Monkeys  got their dirty Hands on a couple of Architecture Manuals and Plans and started to dream of  building their own Coconut huts one day...   A year ago, one of my Professors asked me to chose a Video Sequence, that should be transformed into Narrative Space... I was always impressed and disturbed by the Film "The Diving Bell And The Butterfly" by Julian Schnabel because of it´s very tangible and immediate, nearly suffocating atmosphere about it...




  

A Man, who suffers from the Lock In Syndrome after a Diving accident, leaving him bound to the Hospital Bed, not able to move more then his Eyes... How to transform this State into Space? The Question is -believe it or not- very interesting also for making Miniatures, since ideally we should be creating interesting spaces and atmospheres too... First of all I had another close look on how the Film has been made Frame by Frame...  

 
 


 

 










 I noticed that it consists of a great gamut of different angled shots: Blurry Totals, Clear Close Ups, Sequences and Sections of Numbed Sound Fragments, etc. ... I chose a couple of interesting views and cut the Fragments like small windows in a Square that would then surround the Head... I wanted the Space to be Interactive and to Affect, nearly Torture the Spectator...




In the end, I wanted to document the Death of the Space too... In the End, Ice seemed like the perfect Material to reflect all of those Requirements (plus keeping the Models costs at lowest costs possible... :D...)...  





 







"As it melted away, dripping cold water on the shoulders of it´s inhabitant, the Ice Cave slowly collapsed, freeing it´s prisoner from his cold torture... What was he afraid of before if it was only by now that he was free once again?"


I hope this may give you a bit more insight and on how to space can be perceived as well as inspire you to think about what atmosphere you want to transport, then think about how to translate it into space (maybe even interactive Space...)...

Have a Great Monday... Lalala!

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