Sunday, 24 June 2012

Option 1: Post 2


In the previous blog post, I mentioned about the impossible stairs. These are also known as the impossible staircase, or the Penrose Stairs. There is also a similar illusion called the Shepard Tone which works with sound. The stairs are two dimensional. The make four 90 degree turns, making it into a continuous loop so that the walker can keep climbing the stairs but they are never getting any higher, although the illusion makes you think that you are. The steps are seen as a psychological subject as your mind has to think about what is happening and to understand the concept.

For the project this can be seen as an architectural style or maybe even the film itself can be the main piece of the 'Boogazine'. I can easily mention the film and give the outline of how I found this style of stairs and work that into my 'Boogazine. This is because I find that if an outsider so to speak, knows the origin of the idea, they can understand it a lot more and they can also work through the development with me and see how I came about the idea and also the other possibilities that the design has. With an idea like these stairs, it can branch off into different areas that can be researched into further, these could include:
  1. Architecture
  2. Interior
  3. Illusion
  4. Psychology 
  5. Film
  6. Perspective
  7. Dimensions
As the 'Boogazine' needs to be critical of the object/subject. Having different areas to look into I can easily be critical of specific areas rather than of the object itself. As the 'Boogazine' needs to be visually referenced I could also include my own perspective drawings, from 1 to 3 point, also other people's drawings and ideas of these stairs. Paintings have also been made referencing or even copying these stairs so I can also include pictures of said painting, showing other people's ideas and designs of how the stairs should look.



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