Marrakesh. From ‘Domestic Architecture of the Arab Region’.
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Posted in Architecture, Design, Digital Collage, digital collage, photography, writing, architecture, Experiments, Graphic Design, Spontaneous Constructs, tagged 3D, 3D Modeling, art gallery, club design, digital display, floating medusae, installation art, luminous art, mock-up, restaurant design, simulation, sketchUp, underwater on December 19, 2009| 1 Comment »

SketchUP Model. December 19, 2009
I have been observing and pondering the gossamer pieces, and more and more forms appear to be floating, swaying as if under water. A benign medusa of sort.
I would like to try my hand at creating a video with this images, and simulate motion. The only videos I’ve done are 3D animations, so working with stills should be interesting, the variety created by different scales, colors, and degrees of transparency/layering.
I also thought about these pieces being installed at such an overwhelming scale so that the image would encompass/engulf the viewer, and the illusion of being underwater or floating -or lost in a good way -could be more complete.
I had in the back of my mind to try out at some point a digital mock-up using SketchUP (since last time I used it I am simply astounded by the variety of resources available and realistic human figures- no more carton man). Then I thought, why not just do it now, and eliminate one item from the long list of ideas for my art and this blog. So here it is. How would it look in a club? It could substitute a whole wall and perhaps be lit from behind to preserve the luminous qualities seen on a computer screen. Perhaps these lights could change color and intensity with the mood, the time, the music.
You may say I’m a dreamer. But I am not the only one.