[ text ] The idea of 'altering body'

ALTERING THE BODY
In the past, Da Vinci created the ‘vitruvivs’ to present the perfect scale of human body and it influenced the architecture and the art. Body is usually used to be the basic scale and proportion for design. Therefore, the relationship between the body and space is always the main point in discussion of spatial design. For example, Le Modulo used the proportion of human body as the basic scale for design. Le Corbusier said, ’a man who upraises his arm presents the space which he occupied’. Those drawings and photographic of his designs and observations were used to discuss the relationship of body and space, and they mostly emphasised on the static state of the space and functions.
However, the most interesting factor of the body is its ever-changing states. Also, the altering body also has the continuous rhythm and dynamic motion. In 1980’s, Muybridge and Marey had a serious photographic to record the figure of human and animals. They inspired Thomas Edison and Dickson William to discover the technique of photographic and to develop dynamic photos and drawings, such as techniques of filming and drawings of Francis Bacon’s work. The way of recording dynamic photographic and the instrument of photographic were developed and devised. That is when the research of the dynamic body motions and the body proportions were stressed. Greg Lynn was inspired as well. In his book ‘Animation Form’, he referred to the methods of capturing and analysing the body motions. The alteration of figures was drawn into a new curve, and simulated by the latest media, finally transferred into the basis of design and changing form. Furthermore, body motion is always by the outside elements. For instance, ‘Event City’, which is directed by Bernard Tshumi, presented the chain reaction of every event. The chain reaction of body showed the essence of the body is to sense the space.
Designer used to concern about the relationship of the static body with and space. However, the body is changing and altering because it is influenced by the people and the elements of surrounding environment. The procedure of altering body reflects the type of space, even only to focus on one part of the changing body. For example, the research of term one presented an object from one part of body (knee and leg) to adapt three sites. This object reflects the altering body which is affected by the environment. Moreover, from the research of Muybridge, the dynamic body is in the fluid states with the changing time. However, the technology is upgrading. It can record the precise changes of body. Furthermore, the observer draws the space of body by the recorded of motion, like the scanning of the body. Also, body motion likes ‘the Hertz space’ to leave the form and traces as a new surface during the every motion.
In the pass, the photographic of body motion by Muybridge was shown the record of dynamic figures in two dimensions. The methods were meant to pursuit the technique for capturing the ever-changing body. My ambition is to use the skill of motion capturing and photographic to develop and draw the animation of a three dimensional space. The body would then be able to draw a new boundary and a surface of landscape in the present space.Aim of term two is to find out the prototype of tools and explore the ways of recording the altering body in order to develop the static of three dimensional spaces.
The three sites, model/pony rider/patient, present their bodies in the environments (the temporary stage / wild field / hospital corridor respectively). The observer and the reader construct a new frame of fluid surface by editing the photographic and video. Furthermore, the instrument scans the information of altering body from the sites for the observer and leaves the new surface such as the Hertz space which produces the unseen skin of interface.
The idea came from the way of motion capture. Light bulbs were set on the every main active joints of the body. The purpose is to get rid of the body profile and only record the relations of jointed-point in order to read the relationship of altering body and the environment. Furthermore, the light bulbs were used to draw the motion in the present space. In the experiment, the brightest light bulbs were set on the central part of the body. Different coloured light bulbs were meant to distinguish the left and the right side in the purpose to show the depth in the photographic. One more factor, the ‘time’, was added to record the four dimensional space.
During this experiment, some points were not recorded accurately because some light bulbs are not bright enough and some light bulbs are broken. Fortunately, remaining lights drew the traces of motions and the blink of some figure motions for the reader.
The 3D scanner skill was learned from a website called Instructable. It is still in the progress of development. The results are not perfect. Actually, I do not want it to scan the real figure. I hope it only records the profile of the moving motion and the result can be combined with the experiment A. Furthermore, it only can scan the static objects. The challenge is how to scan the dynamic motion figure with the ‘time’ element.



Three sites – Breakspear Hostipal curing / Fashion Catwalk performing / Polo training
User Reader Observer/Environ. Reason – Why need system
Doctor Patient Corridor Healthier
Fashion Designer modle audience/temporary Changes in Performance
Polo trainer Hourse/player Field training to play