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Workshop 3 _ First look
Here we go with some drawings and analysis for our sketch project (which I will show soon) _ Make your own thoughts…
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Workshop 2
After a crit of our Polaroids, with quite interesting results, our task was to create sort of collages/assemblages/montages etc. based on the Polas and our ideas of an ideal, an utopia/exaggerated image of an concept.
So this is it:
- In “Gradiation of exposure” you can identify 4 morphological elements – Picture 1 can be an exaggeration.
- “Cause and Effect”, an Pola about informality can also be read as a kind of grid, not only formally but also concerning the different grids and layers of reality in suburban Tirana.
- And finally, “Limits of responsibility”, interpreted as a kind of “island” and influenced by the two other collages… we tought could lead to something like this.
But see yourself:
If you feel like, any comment is much welcomed.
Marian
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Workshop 1 _ Pola 2
Tuesday, Tirana. First Workshop, first site visit and first results, another series of Polaroids.
The site we chose, is a, well you want to call it river, but the truth is, its completely covered in garbage! It stinks! There are no propper streets to get to the bank! The whole area consists of informal/illegal buildings, there are only very few paved roads.
Polaroid 1
There is a variety of characteristic sorts of boundaries. Some are natural, some man-made, some caused by qustions of burocracy etc.
Much more interesting is the question how far the people are willing to take care and feel responsible. Does it end at the property boundary? Could i.e. legalization encourage the residents to extend their field and area of responsibility into the public space?
Polaroid 2
The two sides of the Tirana river diverse significantely due to the height of the bank, the density of fabric and use of land.
Whilst the Tirana side is extremely dense and due to a higher bank can get very close to the water, on the Paskuqan wide stripes of land are threatened by flood and erosion. This causes severalt difference in the morphology, i.e. agriculturally used gardens toward the river.
Polaroid 3
There is a common rule, that only houses which have a roof will have any chance to be granted in the legalization process. In effect, you see lots of quickly built but unfinished buildings, which for us either express an abstract hope (for legalization) or desparation (for living space) of the builder. Additionally the shortage of money in the beginning causes a phased building.
This again is connected to the question of responsibility and cooperativeness of the residents towards a nice river/city landscape.
Respect goes to Olesja and Poliksen – my team!
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Crossing south!
It was on a Friday, 2 p.m.: 12 students enter a bus, to spend about 27 non-stop in there, crossing through Austria (good beer!), Slovenia (sorry, I slept that through), Croatia (incredible landscape), Bosnia-Herzogovina (good Espresso at 10 a.m.) Croatia again, and finally a small town called Uljinj in Montenegro, were stopped to spend the night.
everybody caries lots of equipment, cameras, sketchbooks, thousands of pencils etc. This time, I wanted to change that and come down to the probably most primitive possible way of photographing.
Thats the reason I cant really show you to many pictures from the travel so far… be patient!
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Marian
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Pola
These are the polaroids we took, in the preliminary design process for our Tirana excursion.
Three images for a distinctive city are, three for a inner-city beck. Watch carefully, and ask yourself if the title favours the image…
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Hello world! Peng is here!
Yeah, Peng blogs from now on… but only for a short time! So don’t miss the sale!!!
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