Photos of Project Three Final Critique

Project Three, Part Two - Amanda Compagnone

SOL LEWITT’S SPLOTCH #15 AT FINCH STATION

Finch station is a high traffic suburban commuter zone, although the area is dense with commuter traffic, it offers many open unused spaces with lots of potential. People in this location are often rushing in and out of the space like zombies, heading to a set destination, typically work. I wanted to offer these commuters a change from their daily routine and scenery without forcing or manipulating them into the space by putting up roadblocks and to change their path. By making use of an already empty space, the gallery is meant to enrich the landscape rather than impose on a currently used space. The gallery is hidden behind a solitary electrical tower to give a sneak peek between the steel partly exposing the change in landscape, the gallery and the works. The idea is to stimulate the viewers’ intrigue, and allowing it to guide them into the space. The electrical tower it self is already a source of intrigue as it’s isolated from the rest of the towers located in the field behind the parking lot. I want commuters to acknowledge their curiosity and the conscious choice to enter the gallery. Sol LeWitts Splotch #15 offers contrast against the white gallery walls and will be permanently installed on the South side of the gallery; the North side of the gallery of the gallery will be open for temporary installations.

Project Two, Part Two - Amanda Compagnone

Project Three - Amanda Compagnone

I decided to use Sol LeWitt's Splotch #15 because the colour and the shape will contrast the design restrictions for the structure. LeWitt's earlier work is very geometric and clean which I feel would blend in with it's surroundings and eliminate the "wow" factor. As for specific location of my structure I haven't really decided where I would like it, although I will put it outside. I would like to place it around Finch Station because I know the area really well and there is a lot of empty usable space. I have decided to focus first on the elements of structure and then focus on the specific place, and adjust the structure accordingly.






Some spaces I'm considering:

Exercise Seven - Amanda Compagnone

SOL LEWITT

SPLOTCH #15, 2005 (Acrylic on fiberglass 12' x 8'4" x 6'8")

"Conceptual artists are mystics rather than rationalists.They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach."

-Sol LeWitt

"Sol LeWitt, whose deceptively simple geometric sculptures, drawings and ecstatically colored jazzy wall paintings established him as a lodestar of modern American art... LeWitt helped establish Conceptualism and Minimalism as dominant movements of the postwar era."

- Michael Kimmelman, New York Times

Sole LeWitt - Structures 1962 - 2003
Sole LeWitt - Wall Drawings 1176: Seven Basic Colours & All Their Combination in a Square Within a Square

Exercise Six - Amanda Compagnone

Project Two. Part One - Amanda Compagnone

Osgoode Hall
Nathan Phillips Square
Nathan Phillips Square & Old City Hall
Old City Hall
Selected Section of the Path

1:3 FINCH STATION - Eve Zorawski

1:1 GROUP BASE MAP
1:2 COMBINATION OF FORCES
1:3 INDIVIDUAL FORCES

RELATION BETWEEN STILL AND MOBILE:

Combining STILL PLANES with the TRAFFIC WEB map created a remarkable contrast between the two forces and how they interact with one another.

Certain planar forces become combined with mobile forces creating a hybrid force, for example as seen with the interaction between FIELD/PARKS- in planes and UNPAVED PATHWAYS- in traffic. (See Image). The two forces also complement one another to better understand their singular relevance. For example, though the Public Transit parking lots take up a great percentage of still planes, during certain times of day they do become quite active.

RELATION BETWEEN ETHNICITY AND ACTIVITY LEVELS IN AREA :

Combining DAY AND NIGHT: SOCIAL ACTIVITY with the OLD AND NEW: POPULATION, SETTLEMENTS and ETHNICITY map enabled us to better understand residential and commercial forces in a more abstract way.

The DAY AND NIGHT: SOCIAL ACTIVITY map begins to inadvertently represent more commercial areas as well as the OLD AND NEW: POPULATION, SETTLEMENTS map which does the same but with the residential. The combination also emphasizes the development of the old Canadian settlements in the area and how they might have migrated and spread.

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Eve Z.: STILL PLANES


















Amanda C.: TRAFFIC WEB



















Anahita K.: OLD, NEW, AND ETHNICITY




















Michael P..: DAY VS. NIGHT: SOCIAL ACTIVITY