Further

"Man invented things by imposing a shape on nature." (Moulding, Weaving, Carving, Building, Painting)

"Man discovered things by revealing the pattern of nature" ( Cutting, Splitting, Skinning, Crushing, Heating)

Somewhere in between these two ideas lies mundane life, and yet, there is poetry latent in the mundane environment, that is as poignant, if not more, than the moments of revelation and connection between man and environment. There are silent witnesses in our surroundings that express this poetry in very subtle ways, in the way that they interact with each other, with the natural elements, and with us, the people who in effect put them there, view them, interpret them, ignore them, misunderstand them, and really just walk by them. These larger patterns that express a certain predetermined plan, an intent, a purpose, and over time they begin to express the ambiguities of these larger plans, in relation to everyday life, as aberrations and morphings.

Some notes extracted from some speed writing:

• Visual elements (color, shape, line, form) in the place--idenitify them--(have conversations about them)-- record them.
• Through this have a text and image play that reveals- how these visual elements signify intended and unintended meaning
• (this has to be separate from functional objects, and affordances. it is about perceiving the intangible in something tangible, yet abstract.)
• Even with photography and text, maybe the images can go back where they came from. The idea of creating public art was to look at the image in the environment there itself. That entire aspect of the project is falling through. Maybe this could be 'step 1' in the project. Looking at the spectacle, to insert a spectacle is tricky. to understand the context and physical and mental constructs of the place/space would be the first step. Otherwise any other visual is as irrelevant as the visual that I am addressing in the first place.

The idea in this project is to article and explore the presence and state of the signifiers ( the visual elements) as signifying multiple things. The secondary and tertiary meanings. they speak of many things. of our current 'indian' condition, of the different paradigms that we find ourselves in the middle of.
What is the idea behind that? -as a graphic designer to look at 'graphics' in our environment, the intended and unintended roles and effects of these basic visual elements in our environment. How they contribute and do not to our perceptions of our spaces. Whether they are part of it at all or whether the two spheres are mutually exclusive. A study between theory and practice, and how this gap shows the disconnect from the 'original' intent and the varied interpretations.




Some very rough initial visual explorations:

(sorry about the quality, had to be compressed to be uploaded)

Looking at image juxtapositions such as these ( some more intricate, depending on the idea)

coupled with excerpts of text/conversations/writing.