Shadow footage test 01

The arrival

Walking into the environment

The bus is also on the way of journey

the station is on the way to the arrival

The beginning:Room

A journey of light and shadow

The route of journey map
Place One:Room is the beginning of journey
Place Two: The station is on the way of the arrival
Space Three:Bus is also on the way of the arrivalWalking into the environment

The movement:Drawings

During the journey’s trajectory, the photos also capture the movement of light and shadow within a particular environment. For instance, in Part three, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-5, observe the detail of the interaction between light and shadow. The photos fix the movement to one period of time and the drawings reveal the dynamic interaction in the environment. The drawings represent the image of light and shadow that shift and skim on the surface.

The movement:Experiment

In this journey, a GPS device is used to record movement on a given path for collecting more elements throughout the journey, photos are taken at the same time. The purpose of using a GPS device is to navigate with the use of satellite technology. The observer relies on this technique to arrive to the point of arrival; meanwhile, the path of the journey is also recorded. After returning from this journey, the information can be collected and uploaded to the website. The personal experience of the journey becomes a saved file in the internet. It is a form of personal cartography that documents an occurrence in life as a visual journal. The picture below is an image captured from the website. Information about this journey is also linked to my personal blog.(27.01.09)

At the point of arrival, these technological devices can not only record the path of the journey, but also define the position and direction of sunlight, this information is also collected. The project depends on this technology to analyze the trace of light during a particular period of time in Stone Circle. This work also helps reveal the movement of shadow in space. Here are the drawings that represent the movement about the track of sunlight and the trace of shadow.

The trace: Experiment

The experiment is to investigate the space exist after drawing. The project uses one tool that is equipped with a light sensor to move around in a darkened space. The movement of this tool will leave trace on the surface by reacting with light. In the end, the drawing of trace is represented the dimension of the space.

This project also researches one of the works of Jochem Hendricks : “Eye-drawings”, which was made in 1992-93. Which also uses the device to record movement. The fascination of this work is the drawing of trace. It uses interactions from the human eye to trace the movement. The drawings are done directly by the eyes without using any hands.

The experiment of investigating the space exists after drawing and the research of Eye-drawing, the environment is tested out by the project. It takes the paper as the physical architecture which is used to observe how light projects objects and how shadow leaves trace on the papers. The work inspires the project to develop the sensor paper which has reaction with light. The sensor paper is folded and cut by the reaction with light, in other words, the paper exists in the shadow space. In the end, the fragments of papers are collected to represent the space where they have been surveyed and measured. It is the dynamic drawing; more specifically, it is the observing drawing of drawing.

The image shows the movement of the tool. The video uploads in the personal blog.(17.02.09)

The trace of a shadow’s outline truly reflects the reality in the environment.

The paper surveys and measures the space which has light and projecting shadow in the environment. The sensor paper is folded and cut by reaction with light.

This is the observing drawing of drawing.