FINAL PIECE

Though we really liked most of the ideas from the test piece, however found the scale to be a bit small, and the cardboard to look really scruffy. We found four pieces of 100cm by 50cm pieces of clear plastic, and created a box out of them, layering the bottom layer with tinfoil to represent the river and the reflections which would come off it.

 

 We printed out the majority of our edited photos, as we wanted to recreate the space as effectively as possible. We then mounted them onto foam board and cut them out using a scalpel. We concentrated on the reflections, as they are upside-down back to front images of the objects we were photographing, and it is the image you would see if it was actually a pinhole camera room .

 The plastic sheets we used as the side of the box were very reflective, and we really like the way it gives the box a very rounded feel. We also played around with reflection, as you can see with the two bridge cut outs and the back of the box.

We really enjoyed working together, and were so pleased that all of our themes and ideas managed to come together when we were creating our final piece. We are still really interested in creating a pinhole camera room, and if we have the right materials and room in the next two years, it is something we would both be very enthusiastic in making.

Exploring the Space

Last week we went down to our abandoned space again to explore the area more, and see if they're were any clues why this space, very close to the city centre, has such an eerie and derelict feel about it. These are some photos we took on an SLR camera, which gave some idea about the feeling of abandonment down there.

A section of tiled floor completely abandoned in a semi-demolished area.

A room of what we think was a house at some point. 

Half a glass window of what we think was the bathroom to a house.

Bricks slowly crumbling into a heaped pile on the floor.

What looked like an old toilet chain still hanging in a half demolished building. 

Derelict boiler building - it still had four walls and a door, but the roof was missing allowing nature to take over.

Section of tiled floor left to crumble after what we can only imagine a rushed demolish job. 

This doorway was situated behind a wall, and when we tried to look closer we heard running water and what sounded like someone having a shower. There was definitely movement from somewhere in the building, but it was too freaky to go investigate more.

As these photos show, there are is almost too much to work with in this area - it is not only the bridge which is abandoned, but the perimeter around it also is abandoned for not obvious reason. We were really intrigued by the random areas of tiled floor, which gave the impression the buildings had been knocked down in such a rush they had not been done properly.