Installation Fabrication
This is the BTS of my thesis construction process.
3D Pre-Vis
Upon entry of the gallery, guests will see a path lit by little moon jellyfish lamps.
A projector above the table will project an animation of a little girl's hands lighting up matches and quench them inside the fishbowl.
The fish consists of a bone structure and see through materials that allow the guests to vaguely see the projections within the fish from the outside.
The path first guides the guests to stop at the vanity table.
A sensor will detect when a guest approaches and dip their fingers into the fishbowl and a reflection of the little girl's face will emerge in the water.
Guests watches the projections of the girl drowning inside the fish and exits from the tail into a projection room.
01
Elevation Sketches
Before production, I sketched out how the installation roughly measures within the gallery.
02
3D Model
Then I made an up-to-scale model in Maya with textures to see how sound the structure looks with 1/2 inch birch plywood. (It did not look sound to me)
03
Revise
After round of discussion with the team, we decided to add a base and support on each side to ensure that the structure holds, especially the weak point of the arch. We will cut slots on the base and the support strip to fit the ribs in.
04
CNC
We sent the AutoCAD file to the workshop and we started cutting our first set of ribs.
03
Polish
Breathe because the plan seems to be working.
