{ Transgression }

Reflections of the past: the final part of our concept. When the church was bombed, a lot of its elements/organs were destroyed as well. Elements like the columns, the altar, the bells, the tapestry, the benches, the trusses, the beams, the sculptures, the stained glass, all burnt, all destroyed. We wanted people visiting the church to experience the destruction, we wanted them to see a reflection of what used to be there but isn't there anymore. Therefore, our concept included fabrication of these elements in white color. Our intervention has broken fragments of these elements hanging from the roof at different heights. Thus, a reflection of the past.

Thursday 14th May 2015

In the afternoon we had a lecture with the director of Dogs of Heavan, Michael Mayhew. He had a lot of memories and experiences to share with us which helped us to further discuss our film ideas.

editting the performance.

On our first day we went to Liverpool to familiarise ourselves with the site and its surroundings. Given the fact that we were to design a war memorial inside the ruined church, context was as important as the intervention itself.

DAY 8

We spent the last few days putting the video's sound onto the clips footage, adding transitions and effects.

Final Installation 21/05/15 - Close up of our 'floating' wax forms

Final Installation 21/05/15 - Using the photography studio to take photos of the final model

Inspiration for the ribbon windows of the facade.

Test build - on night of festival the string patterns will be illuminated with UV lights.

DAY 7

Our group visited the venue where we are hosting the exhibition during the morning and carried on editing interviews and footage.

Modelling Process 20/05/15 - Using the wood workshop to create a base structure to showcase our wax forms. Later on using the chemical workshop to spray paint the base black and stick our forms to the acrylic rods using more wax

Test build - plastic cladding added and DJ table completed.

Test build - timber purlins hold pentagon portals together.

Wednesday 13th May 2015

In the afternoon we made our way to an urban design firm named Urbed, and The North West Film Archive to search for valuable materials that could help us with our project.

The next part of our concept was to fill the gaps in the roof created by the design, with 4000 broken pieces of glass. These 4000 pieces of shattered glass represents the 4000 shattered souls, the 4000 lives which were lost during the Liverpool Blitz which also destroyed the church.

Test build - CNCed structural frames are slotted together.

Chemical Workshop 14/05/15 - More wax forms in different colours created using the water emersion technique

When we experimented with lights inside the corset to produce shadows and highlights.

Experimenting with the grid prototype on which we will hang the clothes and skeleton on.

Chemical Workshop 14/05/15 - Experimenting with foil to create a mould and using spray paint to change the colour of the wax

Look up and you see trusses holding up the roof. Look down and you see a reflection of the destroyed trusses.

Displaying the skeleton in the site window to record peoples reactions.

Detail and connection placed behind the panels giving protections and aesthetics

Chemical Workshop 13/05/15 - Final wax form of the day made by remelting all the smaller, weaker ones made previously and poured directly from the melting pot.

Experimenting with light on the test model.

Chemical Workshop 13/05/15 - By adding the ink in with the melted wax holds the colour when poured into the water.

Geometry play

Day 6
The start of a new week and we began using After Effects to start to put together our film. We made a slight change to the title, which is now Missing: The Crescents.

Viv West

After debating whether or not to pick the drug jar, we finally decided on the Vivienne Westwood corsets as our artefact.

Chemical Workshop 13/05/15 - First attempt at trying to use colour by dropping ink into the water and pouring wax on top.

Prototypes on standing position , aesthetic of the panel will help to catch attentions as well as curiosity to explore the objects for the visitors

Chemical Workshop 13/05/15 - First day using the melting pot in the workshop

Wax Induction 12/05/15 - test wax forms made by the fifth years in our induction

Visit to Whitworth art gallery

Site visit day , the goal is to integrate the display into the fabric of the building , and by observing the built environment we will get to know more

The Grid

We decided from the precedents in the Whitworth that it would be a good idea to hang our entire display from the ceiling. We decided to make a metal grid, consisting of 1m lengths and welded them together to create a strong structure.

Fabricating CNC cut model in mmu wood workshop , the tilted panels of the angles is the most challenging part

Our group's proposal for the exterior space is to make use of the natural lighting available and create interesting patterns using coloured windows. This will create a vibrant space when the shadows are cast on and it would change constantly with the direction of the sun.

DAY 5

We spent the day putting our ideas together and made a storyboard. We then wrote out questions for the interviews and contacted the people who we thought would be good to use in our film.

Piazza in plan

Final effect of shadows: shadows create pattern that represents
fallen trusses because of the church bombing

Day 8//
Looking for inspiring precedents

Using scalpels we created tracks travelling down some of towers. We then pushed a wick into the gap and then covered it with hot wax using a small brush. This will allow us to melt the wax towers down in a controlled fashion.

Final site model: we used layers to create thick wall and also to achieve the depth in windows

Day 8//
Today I created sounds diagrams from the sections i drew of the sites.
These show the reflection of the sound waves

Kaili taking picture of our site model

UoM Workshop: working on final model

The final output on site. The roof with the bottles was transported and the palettes were reassembled on site. The two attached to each other to create the final output with the plants and flowers integrated into the palettes. The coloured roof and flowers worked very well in creating a welcoming, vibrant seating area.

Day 7//
I created sound diagrams on the location maps in order to show where the majority of sound was coming from in the recordings.

Designing the metal base on AutoCAD.

This is a perspective of the city, show the transporters located between the domestic or commercial towers.

The city plan illustrating how the transporters are located within the city to allow for people to travel within the city or outside.

Color scheme.

Filming in front of John Rylands library.

The image above shows our final exploded axonometric drawing alongside a sectional drawing portraying vividly out installation in the church.

We have compared the Cornerhouse site and the HOME site through diagrams, in order to understand the degree of enclosure, the circulation around the building, geometry and how accessible they are.

The plastic bottles were collected from recycle bins and bamboo was used for the frame. The bottles were then filled with coloured inks and hung to the frame. The roof was not meant to be 100% waterproof therefore there was spaces between them.

The above photograph shows how hangers were placed on the rod.

My final design was based on the sci-fic universe ‘Star Trek’. And the transportation method I designed comes from the existing idea in star trek, the transporter. In this universe, the people use the trap sorter to beam people to and out of the spaceship.

My idea was to apply this technology on the planet, allowing people to used this method to have international space travel for the people across the globe. This methods allow people to instantly travel anywhere on the planet.

Monitoring the process of creating the new base in the metal workshop.

Construction commences: We decided upon an L-shaped base as this is more sociable than squared seating; students will find it easier to talk to one another. The palettes on top are not set so can be easily moved to suit the students to create different levels of seating.

Searching for a dark and narrow alley in the city centre, to place our model (for the final scene of the movie)

On the last day of events, each group made a presentation of their final concept development sheets as well as a physical model of the installation. The presentation went well and it was really interesting seeing all the installations and interventions created by the other groups as they all had different approaches to the church. Reflecting back at the beginning of the events, it is really fascinating to see our development from day 1 through the final presentation today. I really enjoyed this project, it was a memorable and enjoyable leaning experience.

Some finishing touches before the final presentation. Models were used to sell our whole idea as it would be the best way to show how the interactive walls operate.

Day 6: We continued to work on the boxes for the exhibition and also worked on creating posters to advertise the event. We were supplied with only orange paint in small groups and could only use our hands to create the poster.

Atmospheric and cosy reception area welcoming visitors at the entrance to the office.

We explored precedent for both the base and seating as well as the roof. We decided upon palettes as these would be ideal for moveable seating. For the roof we decided upon plastic bottles as these would be easy to collect from bins and provide a colourful, welcoming area.

Day 7: We spent the day building our final exhibition by arranging the boxes. We displayed various drawings that were collected from Instagram by hanging them from string and also put our sketchbooks out for people to look through. We then talked about our work with guests who visited the exhibition.

Reception area include furniture such as sofa made of black bottle holder boxes and reused cushions, table made of catalogues and wooden palette as well as hangers made of no longer used chairs which are perfect for hanging the coat. There are also wooden benches. In the kitchen area, there is a flower installation on the walls where plastic bottles were used.

DAY 4

We had a skills After Effects tutorial by Inda in the morning. Teaching us how to animate still photographs. Later, we had another lecture by Michael Mayhew, who spoke about his experiences about Hulme.

a distant view of the scheme, including the small airtight villages and their connected tunnels containing the high speed trains - all sat at the bottom of the ocean.

DAY 3

Wednesday morning started with a lecture by Dot about Hulme Memories app through stories and tours. This was then followed by a group discussion and presentation about film ideas.

Our final model placed on site (a narrow alley in the city center).

This image shows the wax towers all in place on the base. The base has still to be painted. However, it gives us a good indication of what the final design will look like.

We are working on different components of the final proposal. This is the beginning of a model of a drawing wall where there are paper rolls for children to draw on. Lots of colours are going into our proposal as it is going to be a fun space for kids.

We listed the pros and cons associated with the site to determine what our final output will be and came to the conclusion of creating a singular intervention as opposed to multiple ones. The final idea would incorporate moveable seating, planting area for students to pick out herbs, and a basic coloured roof made from accessible, cheap but stable materials.

A perspective cut of people inside the future train and its tube along the sea floor.

A look at the individual trains themselves and the advancements in aerodynamics to prevent air resistance and increase speeds.

We decided to spray paint some of the towers. We tested it on some left over wax first and then decided that we liked the finish enough to implement it in some of our design.

This allowed us to have more variety of buildings without having to alter the design too much.

On Friday, a representative form Z-Arts came and we each presented our individual proposals for the given site. It was interesting to see all the different fun and unique ideas from other group members. At the end of the day, concepts from different people were grouped together to further improve the ideas for the final group proposal.