cinematic threshold2022
My theoretical work investigates the interrelation of cinema and
architecture in a multilayered manner. The main goal is to seek the
relation between these two notions, both in physical and metaphysical
space, and its connection with the body. The theory is based on Walter
Benjamin's concept of 'aura.' Benjamin claims that inhabitation
generates a limited perception of space. This research offers a formula
that combines promenade architecture and cinematic techniques to broaden
the perception of space, body, and mind. These techniques are
investigated under three levels: framing, sequence, and montage. To
clarify the formulation, it can be defined as: activated by the notion
of movement, supported by frames such as windows and circulate around
montage.
Extended Cinematic Threshold
My artistic research is investigating the cinematic promenade formula
and extends a threshold that seeks the borders of spaces, real and
metaphysical world. The aim is to form a critical distance between body
and space so that the spectator can perceive the space with its aura.
The threshold can usually be defined as a start or an endpoint. The
threshold in architecture links itself to the idea that there is an
existing duality. There must be a space before and after the threshold,
point A and point B. What has been researched is to investigate if the
cinematic promenade formula extends this one-second experience and turns
the threshold into a threshold space which produces the space C between
A and B. The project took place in a corridor which is in the Lab of
Artez, located in Zwolle. In the physical realm, the formula has been
applied with frames, their sequence, and how it is montaged. Each frame
is designed with a different angle and a rotation followed by a sequence
of mirrors, to understand the relativeness of reality. In the middle of
the corridor, a mirror wall and frame is montaged into the space to
create two different spaces. This allows spectators to experience two
different spaces with different qualities. In Space A the main tool for
the metaphysical world is the mirror. In Space B, video projection to
the designed elements which consist of time lags and different light
sequences has been tested. As a threshold condition, the experience is
primarily subjective but extended and the observer is in multiple
thresholds with each step,emphasizing how each space is connected to
each in various layers.