County hall presentation - fibonacci
County Hall Exhibition
Slide 1_
My name is Samantha and this is my proposal for the County Hall Exhibition.
Slide 2_
Whilst I was exploring the County Hall's interior and exterior I was pulled towards this space outside in the car park. The space seemed completely opposite to the County Halls appearance. What I realised when I was exploring County Hall was that I couldn’t see my work within this building, however, after seeing this in the car park I was inspired to move outside. The circular shape stood apart from the buildings straight line structure and I was drawn towards it.
Slide 3_
What I noticed was that the building had a rigid skeleton, being modern and man made, it lacked energy. Within the exhibition I wanted to bring some life to the space through using natural elements, influenced by the surrounding nature of the building.
Slide 4_
When I sat within the space I realised I was drawn to the centre of the tiled pattern, similar to the effect of a spiral. My intention is to enhance this effect in order to recreate this sensation for viewers.
Slide 5_
Through research I discovered the FIBONACCI SEQUENCE, a mathematical sequence which can be found within nature. Such as in; sunflowers, hurricanes and galaxies.
The FIBONACCI SEQUENCE is a series of numbers: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 etc. The next number is found by adding up the two numbers before it. I realised I could use this sequence within the tiled pattern to create a spiral.
Slide 6_
In order to implement the sequence my first approach was to number all the tiles, within 5 rings I got to 160 tiles. Using these numbers, I highlighted which tile appeared within the sequence in attempt to create a spiral effect.
Slide 7_
However, the outcome of this was erratic and actually lacked the spiral element which I was looking for within the space. Although, technically it had a mathematical pattern, it lacked the desired attractive visual pattern. I was hoping for an intense bold spiral that would pull viewers into the center of it, however, as you can see there is no spiral.
Slide 8_
This developed onto my second approach, still using the fibonacci sequence I numbered the rings rather than the individual tiles.
Slide 9_
For each ring I implemented the fibonacci sequence in its spiral format. As you can see within ring 1 there is only 1 tile highlighted, within ring 2 there is 2, in 3 there are 3, there are 5 in ring 5 and so on. Immediately I noticed the attractive visual pattern that I was aiming for, however, it felt incomplete. Although it had the spiral effect of the fibonacci sequence, I felt I still needed to enhance the pulling inwards sensation.
Slide 10_
This developed onto me reflecting the sequence, creating a brand new spiral that mirrored the first sequence.
Slide 11_
I continued to develop my experimentation through adding two more sequences to the tiled pattern.
Slide 12_
This lead me to creating 4 sequences within the tiled pattern.
Slide 13_
I applied colour to the image to represent the development of the 4 sequences. These will not be the colours used within the actual piece, they are purely a visual aid.
The spiral pattern is intended to recreate the sensation I had when first interacting with the space, which was to be pulled towards the centre.
I am intending to create a piece which, just like nature, will change over time. For this piece I propose to use Chalk to emphasise the Fibonacci sequences within the tiled pattern. With the materials I am using it will begin to wear away with the weather and the interaction that the visitors will have when attending the County Hall.
It is this interaction which I hope will bring the desired energy and life to the exhibition.
Slide 1_
My name is Samantha and this is my proposal for the County Hall Exhibition.
Slide 2_
Whilst I was exploring the County Hall's interior and exterior I was pulled towards this space outside in the car park. The space seemed completely opposite to the County Halls appearance. What I realised when I was exploring County Hall was that I couldn’t see my work within this building, however, after seeing this in the car park I was inspired to move outside. The circular shape stood apart from the buildings straight line structure and I was drawn towards it.
Slide 3_
What I noticed was that the building had a rigid skeleton, being modern and man made, it lacked energy. Within the exhibition I wanted to bring some life to the space through using natural elements, influenced by the surrounding nature of the building.
Slide 4_
When I sat within the space I realised I was drawn to the centre of the tiled pattern, similar to the effect of a spiral. My intention is to enhance this effect in order to recreate this sensation for viewers.
Slide 5_
Through research I discovered the FIBONACCI SEQUENCE, a mathematical sequence which can be found within nature. Such as in; sunflowers, hurricanes and galaxies.
The FIBONACCI SEQUENCE is a series of numbers: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 etc. The next number is found by adding up the two numbers before it. I realised I could use this sequence within the tiled pattern to create a spiral.
Slide 6_
In order to implement the sequence my first approach was to number all the tiles, within 5 rings I got to 160 tiles. Using these numbers, I highlighted which tile appeared within the sequence in attempt to create a spiral effect.
Slide 7_
However, the outcome of this was erratic and actually lacked the spiral element which I was looking for within the space. Although, technically it had a mathematical pattern, it lacked the desired attractive visual pattern. I was hoping for an intense bold spiral that would pull viewers into the center of it, however, as you can see there is no spiral.
Slide 8_
This developed onto my second approach, still using the fibonacci sequence I numbered the rings rather than the individual tiles.
Slide 9_
For each ring I implemented the fibonacci sequence in its spiral format. As you can see within ring 1 there is only 1 tile highlighted, within ring 2 there is 2, in 3 there are 3, there are 5 in ring 5 and so on. Immediately I noticed the attractive visual pattern that I was aiming for, however, it felt incomplete. Although it had the spiral effect of the fibonacci sequence, I felt I still needed to enhance the pulling inwards sensation.
Slide 10_
This developed onto me reflecting the sequence, creating a brand new spiral that mirrored the first sequence.
Slide 11_
I continued to develop my experimentation through adding two more sequences to the tiled pattern.
Slide 12_
This lead me to creating 4 sequences within the tiled pattern.
Slide 13_
I applied colour to the image to represent the development of the 4 sequences. These will not be the colours used within the actual piece, they are purely a visual aid.
The spiral pattern is intended to recreate the sensation I had when first interacting with the space, which was to be pulled towards the centre.
I am intending to create a piece which, just like nature, will change over time. For this piece I propose to use Chalk to emphasise the Fibonacci sequences within the tiled pattern. With the materials I am using it will begin to wear away with the weather and the interaction that the visitors will have when attending the County Hall.
It is this interaction which I hope will bring the desired energy and life to the exhibition.