Ruins

A site from which life has departed and creating a present from a past life. Giving Space new life..
Creating a space to occupy a central place in visual culture.

Manchester Design Festival

Space discussion.

. Manchester City Council and Manchester School of Art working together to develop a city wide design festival.
. The regeneration of the city
. Acting as a catalyst for future collaborative partnerships.
. The use of un-traditional spaces
. Festival branding an promotion.
. A festival of ideas.
. Unexpected interactions.
. Themed displays rather than subjects.

The Space Group

Discussions within the Space Group of utilising places of the city.

. Finding spaces and responding to the environment of the space
. A hovering space above the city..
. The development of the Piccadilly area.
. The use of the River, and canal.
. Regeneration of empty desolate space.
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MIF Lecture

Having attended the Manchester International Festival lecture I found all elements of the lecture very interesting. However there was one event mentioned that I found very relevant to my current thoughts about the senses, the performance by the band the XX and how the venue they would be playing at would be a secret and the audience will never know where the venue is or how they get to it..

Space

Considering the previous discussions in group work about sustainability. Thinking in relation to space that could be potentially used within the city. From reading the book 'Ruins' and what they represent;

 

 

The ruined building is a remnant of;

 

a portal into

 

the past

 

its decay

 

a concrete reminder of the passage of time.

 

 

Unveiling the hidden ruins of the city. Thinking about sites, landscape, place and memory. 

Tacita Dean, Sound Mirrors

It is an empty desolate place, and I'm sure it is this desolation that makes dungeness so utterly attractive that in its emptiness it can become so full.

 

Tacita Dean

 

Thinking about the emptiness of space and how emptiness could reflect something vast and boundless.

The Crap Manifesto

Stop making crap..
Taking into account the previous discussion about each of our individual practices and what we strive to represent through our work. We began our discussion by thinking about the main points mentioned from previous manifestos and there seemed to be one particular quote we all related to and it was 'Stop Making Crap'. The Manifesto stated how we wanted people to take time and think rather than making something without thought, considering the ideas surrounding commodities and sustainability when making.