The Dissolving Site

Story Board

Pictures From the Model-Process

Cutting up the site is one of the many ideas I had for the concept of dissolving and de-constructing it. When you destroy something or you de-construct it to its main elements, where do you start? From the materials that it is actually made of? Should I dissolve the stone and the mortar? From the formal elements? Should I deconstruct its perspective? Should I destroy the whole thing, adding elements and "vanishing" it? I wanted to do everything, but here, I made a model of the site and chose to represent its de-construction in a dream like way, choosing Hitchcock's stark representation of dreams, in Spellbound, selecting a realistic light source and adding elements that gradually "distort" the site and destroy it. Sand was used as a symbol of dust, which is what I want the site ultimately to become, dissolved into particles, the material it is actually made of. Sand falls on top of it, first colourless, then similar hues to the existing ones found on site, only bolder, enhancing its natural qualities and alluding to a dream taking place. The shapes and colours are influenced by Anish Kapoor's pigmented sculptures. Water falls, again transition sing from colourless fluid to blue, which relates to the concept of floods, a terrifying natural phenomenon that usually indicates turmoil and destruction. Change and movement are represented with the falling of the sand and water, which finally becomes static with the addition of wax. All four elements are represented: earth/water/wind and finally fire. Part of the site is burnt down, leaving almost immaterial ashes that are blown away. Part of it seizes to exist in its prior form and part of it remains buried under the weight of the additional materials. It is in limbo, between being sucked up in a  black hole and completely de-materialized and stuck in a dream sequence that alters its form in a nightmarish and semi-permanent way. The idea is to capture the dream=immaterial state with the destruction of the physical= real state.