The trace:Drawings

The shadow is the geometric shape of the object. It is shown elementarily as the silhouette of an object from the ray of the light point’s perspective. In other words, the shadow is the trace of light that has been projected upon the environment.

In this stage, the project investigates the space that exists after the drawing.

“It is important to remember that in the classical tradition, drawing began when a Corintian maiden outlined the shadow (a profile) of her departing lover on a wall.” (Pérez-Gómez, A. & Pelletier, L. 1997, p.112)

Many discussions of drawings begin with the classical legend of the origin of drawing.
The trace of a shadow’s outline is sometimes cited as the first drawing or painting. In other words, drawing is the trace of shadow. Meanwhile, a drawing is like a window through which we can see things and environment (Booker, P.J., 1963) From ‘Projective Cast’, Robin Evans (1995) which states briefly that: “architects do not make buildings, and they make drawing for buildings.” They not only design the object but also draw the environment.

Without drawings, there would be no environment (Evans. R.,1997). Drawings depends upon how observer sees, interprets and analyzes the environment. At the final stage of this journey, the Stone Circle is the point of departure. It is the space wher the heavenly sphere is transformed by the shadow’s projection. The trace of shadow is presented the space through the drawing.

The reflection:Experiment

One of the fascinating projects based on modern light art is “Light Space Modulator” which was designed by László Moholy-Nagy, 1928-30 (Popper, F., 2007). The power of this work depends more on the reflection than on the original material.

This experiment uses the reflection of light to capture the movement of shadow. The project develops one object that is operated by hand. The object can change the angle to measure the space of crevice where the light is hard to reach. It is interesting when taking the object into the experiment and surveying its environment. This work assists my project in experience the reflection of light. It investigates the shadow by observing the trace of light. The work records the movement of the object to trace the route of shadow dur

ing the environment. It is the experiment about light and shadow. The perspective of shadow can be drawn through the object. The drawing presents the trace of light as well as the movement of shadow in the environment through out the experiment.

The photos of the object show experiments and measurements upon the space of the crevice within an environment.

It records the movement of the shadow of object in time by observing reflection of light on the surface

Left: X+Y plan, X= distance, Y= depth

Middle: X+Z elevation, X=distance, Z=width/range

Right: Y+Z section, Y= height, Z=width

These drawings are produced by observing the reflection of light and trace of shadow. It is a drawing of perspective of shadow in the environment.

The reflection:Drawings

“In architecture projection space is nothing other than pictures of light”. (Panofsky, E.,1968 cited in Evans, R., 1995, p.108).

As a whole, forms of life and the environment depend on sunlight to create and maintain ecosystems. Light is not only closely intertwined with our bodily and perceptual sensations and situations in daily life, but also a fundamental substance that makes a diverse range of objects visible, things and situations. For human beings, light is not only a matter of existence and survival, but also a spiritual and mental guide, assigned religious, scientific and philosophical significance of them. For artists, light path implies the line of drawing; it also reveals things in order for drawing about them to be produced.

Light is the ultimate geometric instrument; this fact has been proven by contemporary laser surveys. In Euclid’s ‘Elements’, the straight line is defined as what can only be interpreted as a line that looks like a point when seen from end on, in other words a line that is identical to a light path (Sir Thomas L. Heath, 1968 cited in Evans, R., 1995).

During the journey, the reflection of light reveals the environment’s image. The drawings present the physical architecture where the observer has visited. The drawings are constructed by experience of journey which is “touching” the environment. In addition, the perspectives are drawn from the position we occupy as we observe the space. The camera angles are also taken from the perspective of the observer experiencing the environment. Here are the drawings that describe third part of the journey.

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