Submission of the Assignment - Body in Motion

The requirement list for the assignment:


-a 2-D motion diagram

-a model of the motion layering, illustrating your snapshots from the chosen parkour video.

-a 3-D (final) model, representing the abstraction of the space that the figure occupies, produced from the layered model

Submission: 3rd of March, Monday @10:40

visible and/or invisible fragments of motion & montage

The text and examples are based on the presentation on February 20, 2014.

1. Visible and/or Invisible Fragments of Motion 

a. Motion - re-constructed by fragments (making fragments visible)

Scientific approach for re-constructing the motion itself

"Cinematography" (literally means “writing movement”)

Eadweard Muybridge Boys playing Leapfrog (1883–86, printed 1887) Collotype

b. Motion - defining as a whole (juxtaposed of visible/invisible fragments)

We cannot see each fragments like the scientific approach; in fact, we do not need to distinguish each of them for defining/understanding the whole pattern of motion, we can sense its inner quality as a whole.

Wadman, 2011, "Motion"

Wadman, 2011, "Motion"

The fragments of motion with different stress which emphasises a particular time sequence of the whole movement

City Lights of Prince George, British Columbia. (Camera in movement and static light sources)

Writing and the Surface of the City, Energie in Motion (Static environment and light in movement)

c. motion-as invisible dimension (movement-image, time-image)

2. Montage 

1. each fragment

2. juxtaposition of each fragment (different speed, different density, different stress)

3. dialect relationship of them (link and/or permalink, Etienne Jules Marey)

4. a+b=ab

a. 2D Montage

Étienne-Jules Marey, chronophotography 

b. 3D Montage - Motion Sculptures (frozen)

Peter Jansen, motion sculptures

c. nD Montage - Motion Sculptur-ing

Made by Humans, 2012, chronophotography based installation based on a dancers path in space

exploring visual forms of movement

you can visit the site http://www.universaleverything.com/film for a series of design works exploring movement, human body and choreography.

hybrid techniques of mapping movement

Jorinde Voigt's drawings deal with time, rhythm, frequency, acoustic pulses, transformations, loops, etc. In her work, she maps concepts of temporality and relates these to geometry that reflects movement and transformations over time. Voigt also developed a notational system of symbols and characters that convey information on movement, speed, orientation, intensity etc. You can visit her website http://jorindevoigt.com/ to see more of her work.

the late 19th - early 20th century artists and photographers were excited by the idea of time and motion. below you can see examples of several studies that depict the movement and mechanics of human movement.

Étienne-Jules Marey - chronophotographic studies on movement

Umberto Boccioni - States of Mind: Those Who Go

Giacomo Balla - Flight of the Swallows

events and spaces by bernard tschumi

you can find the reading on events and spaces here.