2011
between field and form
PHD by PROJECT - RMIT UNIVERSITY
The project involved the development of a theoretical and perceptive base to design, which questioned the conception of materiality and physical form as the central concern in the fashioning of objects and spaces, and embraced the comprehension of the energetic fields of phenomena that shape sensorial experience as its primary concern.
Addressing the foundations of the design process in such a way exposed a creative methodology in which the consideration and manipulation of the material and immaterial aspects of the physical world transcended the traditional boundaries that lie between the distinction of matter and phenomena.
The core of the project engaged with the manipulation of light, sound, form and materiality as four separate yet interrelated areas of investigation. Each investigation was founded on an appreciation of the phenomena being manipulated and involved the development of experimental design briefs in which techniques for the manifestation of physical effects, sensorial affects and expressive properties were tested.
The work that was generated in developing these sensibilities was considered as a continuous spectrum of creative practice which traversed the nexus between art and design and lead to the development of new and hybrid forms of expression.
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