Proposal for Room Project

I began taking pictures of the classroom and the entire floor looking for characteristics of the place as well as similarities. I noticed the ongoing linear structure that the entire building holds; as we probably all noticed, everything comes in cubes, straight lines, squares… even the building itself looks like a giant rectangular cube. This, therefore, made me think of the total opposite. I began to think of circular and curved shapes. Forms that simply contradict everything we are surrounded by.

I then began sketching. I want to create an installation using fabric (nylon being the first idea) and sand. I’m interested in fabrics that can be stretched and that have a degree of transparency, as together with the sand it will create the curved forms that I’m looking for. I’m eager to experiment with different fabrics as well as the sand paying close attention to how both of them react together (for example: the weight of the sand on the fabric, whether the sand goes through the fabric, whether the fabric is transparent enough to see the sand, etc).

I haven’t decided what space to use yet, but it would be extremely important to have a place where a large amount of strings can be hung from. The first thing I thought of was the cage area outside the class as the sand would make the entire piece quite heavy to simply hang it from the ceiling, yet I know other people are eager to take it too.

The installation itself will be shaped throughout the entire process of experimenting. I have sketches of the entire idea, but I know that most of it depends exclusively on the type of fabric I decide on. On the following days, I will play around with different fabrics as well as sand; and hopefully by the beginning of next week the idea of the entire installation and the design of it will be complete.

I look forward to it!

Stephanie