This project uses a set of standard modules and simple geometric rules to compose a system. The complexity lies within the softness of the connection points. When force is applied to one rotary joint, the entire structure will respond with further mathematical transformations. Softness allows the piece to become interactive, as visitors will be able to actively converse with the impermanence of its form. Affordances, as defined by psychologist James J. Gibson, embody all action possibilities latent in the environment, objectively measurable and independent of the individual’s ability to recognize them. Dimensions, in this case, has various meanings in the many ways our bodies may instinctively inform actions such as lean, sit, grab, skip, or pull. Any storyline of the above appropriations will have a physical morphology in the diagram. Self-illuminating pigments are applied to the control points to highlight its topology at night. This project engages the limits of the body as abstractions of architectural programs and their relationships to the overall formal ramification the way that a single frame of a comic book page performs beyond its borders. If nothing else, this piece is a playground game. |
