Wednesday lesson

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer was born in Mexico City 1967. He is an electronic artist and develops interactive installations that are partially architecture and performance art. Several of his installations include the use of words and sentences and creating additional meanings with them. These texts are used to elaborate upon deeper meaning that involves a viewer’s actions, to change or create an effect upon the atmosphere and perception.   ‘ Some of the text-based installations, such as  Third Person  and  Subtitled Public , place words upon the viewer himself. Because of the random nature of these texts, the viewer has no control over what they are labelled as, incurring a sense of helplessness, and experience the pleasant and unpleasant connotations that are associated with the words placed upon themselves. ’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6y5phBBgMs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2tCWaPLBlY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5224gPEVgU

‘Home is a centre for international contemporary art, theatre and film in Manchester, England, that happened in 2015. Home was formed by the merger of two Manchester-based arts organisations, Corner house and the Library Theatre Company. The project was funded by Manchester City Council and Garfield Weston Foundation’  2.9 Million people have visited Home. They showcase theatre productions, dance shows, and independent films. They also have an onsite art gallery, café and bookshop.  In 2012, Cornerhouse and the Library Theatre announced that they were going to merge. The project was overseen by Dave Moutrey, former Director and Chief Executive of Cornerhouse, with Sarah Perks as Artistic Director for Visual Arts, Jason Wood as Artistic Director for Film and Walter Meierjohann as Artistic Director for Theatre.  Home has two performance venues- a 500-seat theatre and 150-seat flexible studio space, five cinema screens, gallery space to display contemporary art,...

The brief states that we are currently going through a climate crisis. We are working with the international arts centre HOME, a social and creative space in the heart of Manchester that offers a multitude of things to do including theatre productions, film screenings, exhibitions and events.  “Visitors come to HOME to see plays, exhibitions, films or attend events but also to simply to have a drink or meal.” “HOME has been on a journey to a zero-carbon future for over 10 years and are committed to reducing their environmental impact year on year” We will be working in teams of 4-5 and will investigate and propose innovative ways to promote, develop and engage HOME sustainable values within the company, to its visitors and broader audiences.  Practical project team (70%)- -         Research and design proposal:  PDF document detailing the design context and user analysis, sources of inspiration, definition of requireme...