14: drawings

The next few images are of drawings that begin to discuss the phenomenon of making space through motion and interaction. The movement of Homunculus blends an erie sequence of lurches, with graceful vertical motion. The drawings explore an interior and exterior condition that has become more apparent through analysis of the film footage. This relationship has definite architectural implications. I've been considering the marionettes and how they might transform in a grotesque structure. Something that blends the figures and the mechanism into something stranger. A Wunderkammer of sorts. John Hejduk got into the idea of developing architectural theatre through his masque projects. Architectural theatre, as seen in the works of the Brothers Quay, is interesting because of the uncanny, grotesque quality of the stage. And the intimate relationship of the "figures" to the "surround". The theatre is stage and environment, proposing multiple scales, gravities and perspectives for the inhabitants. Using theatre strategies, such as framing, staging and illusion, the mundane can morph into the monstrous.