A fountain was created in cities to give a new flow to the city. The structure of the fountain is simple. Drag the water flowing under the ground, use a pump to raise it, and spray the water in the air. The thing is that they purposely hide this structure, manipulate it to look like a natural flow of water descending by gravity. Then, what are the values emphasized in the landscape where the fountain lies? Concealing and manipulating structures, they talk about AUTHORITY, SUCCESS, HONOUR, WEALTH, CONVINIENCE, and BEAUTY. A fountain always exists on the ground like that, in order not to artificially draw water and raise it into the air.
I present a new fountain below the ground. This fountain was designed based on the natural flow of water flowing down by gravity. This fountain, which will be placed below the ground, is talking about these values: DARKNESS, AMBIQUITY, FAILURE, PLIGHT, SILENCE, and QUIET. This fountain can stimulate our hidden emotions that cannot be resolved by the limited water flow in cities. Through this new structure, I made this prototype and a video presenting three new flows of water and reversal in that flow.
A fountain was created in cities to give a new flow to the city. The structure of the fountain is simple. Drag the water flowing under the ground, use a pump to raise it, and spray the water in the air. The thing is that they purposely hide this structure, manipulate it to look like a natural flow of water descending by gravity. Then, what are the values emphasized in the landscape where the fountain lies? Concealing and manipulating structures, they talk about AUTHORITY, SUCCESS, HONOUR, WEALTH, CONVINIENCE, and BEAUTY. A fountain always exists on the ground like that, in order not to artificially draw water and raise it into the air.
I present a new fountain below the ground. This fountain was designed based on the natural flow of water flowing down by gravity. This fountain, which will be placed below the ground, is talking about these values: DARKNESS, AMBIQUITY, FAILURE, PLIGHT, SILENCE, and QUIET. This fountain can stimulate our hidden emotions that cannot be resolved by the limited water flow in cities. Through this new structure, I made this prototype and a video presenting three new flows of water and reversal in that flow.
A fountain was created in cities to give a new flow to the city. The structure of the fountain is simple. Drag the water flowing under the ground, use a pump to raise it, and spray the water in the air. The thing is that they purposely hide this structure, manipulate it to look like a natural flow of water descending by gravity. Then, what are the values emphasized in the landscape where the fountain lies? Concealing and manipulating structures, they talk about AUTHORITY, SUCCESS, HONOUR, WEALTH, CONVINIENCE, and BEAUTY. A fountain always exists on the ground like that, in order not to artificially draw water and raise it into the air.
I present a new fountain below the ground. This fountain was designed based on the natural flow of water flowing down by gravity. This fountain, which will be placed below the ground, is talking about these values: DARKNESS, AMBIQUITY, FAILURE, PLIGHT, SILENCE, and QUIET. This fountain can stimulate our hidden emotions that cannot be resolved by the limited water flow in cities. Through this new structure, I made this prototype and a video presenting three new flows of water and reversal in that flow.
THIS WORK IS A PROTOTYPE OF ATYPICAL KIND OF FOUNTAIN THAT CAN PROPOSE A NEW FLOW OF WATER. IN RELATION TO THE GROUND THAT IS BEING STEPPED ON, THERE IS A SPACE BELOW THAT NO ONE IS PAYING ATTENTION TO; IT CAN BE EXPRESSED AS DARKNESS, AMBIGUITY, FAILURE, PLIGHT, SILENCE, AND QUIET, WHICH REPRESENTS THE REGIONS OF VOID BETWEEN THE BOUNDARIES. THE SPACE COULD BE A SPACE OFF THE BEATEN PATH OR REMOTE AREA THAT TAKES A LONG TIME TO REACH IT. THIS WORK TALKS ABOUT A NEW FOUNTAIN UNFOLDING RIGHT ABOVE THAT KIND OF SPACE.
Human emotion and water flow have a lot in common in some ways. However, the space of the city plays a role in limiting this flow of water for the safety of the citizens. As a result, the flow of water flowing into the city looks just constant and calm. It might be designed to flow only within a limited space without overflowing. People in the city don't seem to be stimulated by this emptied water of the city. In the city, water is just the background.
THIS WORK IS A PROTOTYPE OF ATYPICAL KIND OF FOUNTAIN THAT CAN PROPOSE A NEW FLOW OF WATER. IN RELATION TO THE GROUND THAT IS BEING STEPPED ON, THERE IS A SPACE BELOW THAT NO ONE IS PAYING ATTENTION TO; IT CAN BE EXPRESSED AS DARKNESS, AMBIGUITY, FAILURE, PLIGHT, SILENCE, AND QUIET, WHICH REPRESENTS THE REGIONS OF VOID BETWEEN THE BOUNDARIES. THE SPACE COULD BE A SPACE OFF THE BEATEN PATH OR REMOTE AREA THAT TAKES A LONG TIME TO REACH IT. THIS WORK TALKS ABOUT A NEW FOUNTAIN UNFOLDING RIGHT ABOVE THAT KIND OF SPACE.
Human emotion and water flow have a lot in common in some ways. However, the space of the city plays a role in limiting this flow of water for the safety of the citizens. As a result, the flow of water flowing into the city looks just constant and calm. It might be designed to flow only within a limited space without overflowing. People in the city don't seem to be stimulated by this emptied water of the city. In the city, water is just the background.
What gesture do we use the most in our daily lives? It is the finger interacting with the screen of a smartphone, used to translate human impulse into digital manifestation. However, these finger gestures are barely noticed themselves due to the fast response of the software.
The smartphone is an artificially produced non-living thing, which glides through the air when thrown and folds when folded. Living things such as fingers are different: they can flinch when kicked and resist when thrown. When using the smartphone, we tend to only pay attention to the inanimate response value of the non-living thing, rather than the direct engagement and movement of the living fingers. The difference between the non-living smartphone and living fingers is autonomy. The Intangible Performance invites shifting perspective to recognise the smartphone too as a place of autonomy, where the meaning contained in the gestures of one’s fingers appear. Rather than only focusing attention on what appears on the smartphone screen, the project invites recognising the role of the finger gesture in recognising that. The Intangible Performance entails six machines that perform the movements of a person’s finger gestures on a smartphone screen for 90 seconds. The orchestral performance is the result of the otherwise invisible actions of a person’s fingers on the smartphone, drawing attention to how performance and creative choice lie where least expected.
