AA Inter 3

Photograph: Murdo Macleod Murdo Macleod/Murdo Macleod

Michael Ondaatje is a poet and writer born in Colombo, Sri Lanka and raised between England and Canada. One of his fictional books Anil’s Ghost is a story about the war time Sri Lanka of a female forensic pathologist that studied abroad but returns home and investigates a – potentially – politically motivated murder.

The link for the book is here

Image: MASP by Lina Bo Bardi in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Here is a interesting event and opportunity for a fellowship research on Lina Bo Bardi:

At a special event organised in partnership with Central Saint Martins, Laura Smith, Lina Bo Bardi Fellow 2014, will present the outcomes of her research following a 6-week trip to Brazil at the end of 2014. This event will especially benefit those planning to apply for the Fellowship in 2015.

Event details:

Lina Bo Bardi: a presentation by Laura Smith, Lina Bo Bardi Fellow 2014

Friday 1st May 2015, 18:00

The LVMH Lecture Theatre

Central Saint Martins, 1 Granary Square, King’s Cross, London N1C 4AA

Followed by a panel discussion with:

• Isaac Julien, UAL Chair of Global Art
• João Guarantani, Architecture Design Fashion, British Council
• Melanie Dodd, Programme Director Spatial Practices, Central Saint Martins
• chaired by Prof. Jeremy Till, Head of Central Saint Martins, Pro Vice-Chancellor, UAL
• Attendance is free but registration is required:harriet.seabourne@britishcouncil.org
  
  The Lina Bo Bardi Fellowship is a 4-year programme run by the British Council that gives architects and designers based in the UK the opportunity to travel and explore first-hand the work and legacy of Lina Bo Bardi and related architects and designers in Brazil. Laura’s research focused primarily on the impact that Brazilian popular culture has had on Bo Bardi’s work. Laura’s research was centred around Bo Bardi’s designed works through drawings and making in order to reveal the architect’s design process, intent and influences. Since her trip, Laura has been prototyping a scaled version of Lina’s Solar do Unhão staircase and she will present the work to date at the event.

These are some examples of 3d sections, we hope you find them inspiring and helpful for your drawings:

Inter 3 work:

By others (Stephen Biesty, Hans Jenssen, etc):

Here is an amazing matte painting (if you do not know what it is, please research) by LightFarm Brasil. The video shows the process and the link below shows more of their inspiring process. Such videos are important to all students as reference to the image task given for the Easter Break (to be further explained soon here).

From the author:

Inspired by the book “Rendezvous with Rama” of Arthur C. Clarke, our computer generated astronaut meets the world’s end. By seamlessly matte painting over 100 aerial pictures of giant proportions, our artists worked hard to bring this surreal idea to life. Our CGI team used the latest technology for cloth simulation which made the unique astronaut’s suit possible. In this making-of video you can follow the whole process from the sketch to the final model. Hundreds of gigs of video capture were carefully selected and edited with the deep beats by the russian musician Vitaly Ghost. Lightfarm Studios proudly presents this poetic trip through the making of “The Verge”.

Image: Making off by LightFarm Brasil

For more stills and information please click here

Image: how we ‘see/observe’ the city development? // General Motors City of the Future, 1939

Here is so ‘thought provoking project developed by General Motors for the New York World’s Fair, 1939

The Social Architects are comprised of a diverse group of writers, intellectuals and working professionals who have been working on issues related to Sri Lanka (mainly concerning the country’s North and East).

http://www.internationalpolicydigest.org/author/the-social-architects/

Image: cover of first UK edition

The novel ‘The Fountains of Paradise’ from Artur C. Clarke speculates about the construction of a space elevator in the sacred mountain of Sri Kanda in Taprobane (an ambiguous fictionalized Sri Lankan version set) and the Buddhist monks who are not in favour of the project. This interesting land ownership dispute between humanity beneficial link to the stars in the name of sciences and the opposed religious land use creates the scenario for the book that has won both the Hugo and the Nebula awards – two of the greatest prizes in SCI FI literature.

There are strong relations between the fictional world created and Sri Lanka’s culture and geographical setting, with scenario similarities to Sigiriya and Sri Pada (Adam’s Peak).

From the book sleeve:

“Sri Kanda, the Sacred Mountain, was the holiest place in the ancient land of Taprobane. It was also the only possible site for the most daring feat of engineering in Man’s history.

Vannevar Morgan’s visionary dream would link Earth to the stars – if a million technical problems could be solved – if rival nations could be persuade to cooperate – if the money could be found – and if the ages-old order of the monks atop Sri Kanda would allow their sanctuary to be profaned forever…

Two thousand years earlier the mad King Kalidasa fought the monks of Sri Kanda to create his own vision of glory – and paid with his life. Morgan faced the same struggle… and perhaps the same fate!”

Arthur C. Clark mostly known for co-writing the screen play for the 2001: A Space Odyssey was born in England but lived in Sri Lanka from 1956 till his death in 2008.

“A richly illustrated crafted dossier/booklet will document and compile your first term’s doings organised in such a way (not necessarily chronological) that it brings forward an argument based on your interests, research, test results and conclusions. It also should identify potentials for future investigations and give a glimpse into your final project.”