14/OCT/2021
On The Third Week:
In A Different Matrix of Time
On my third weeks of investigating objects on Hermitage road, I found the apple is one of interesting objects that constantly changing because it was also a bit unusual to see something that does not belong there. I discovered the spider’s web and a gooey snails trail around the bottom of the apple that makes it like it is rooting into the terrace wall. On the rainy days, there are some snails crawling slowly on the wall, it contrasts with the surrounding background sounds: footsteps of people who walked on the pavement, ambulance siren, speeding cars, and sound of the wind caused by the bicycles of people who deliver the food.
This is interesting to me because I feel so relate with the apple, the similar metaphor of my moving abroad experience, started with feeling like a misfit in this big city and gradually adapting to the surrounding like the apple slowly took a place to settle by decaying and merge with the wild plants and lichen that growing through the wall.
I supposed to use the snail to visualize the difference matrix of time between two objects, but it was always a sunny afternoon everyday these past few days and our little friends are not showing, then I tried to improvise by focusing on the apple to create a similar visualization. I juxtaposed two scene from different time: on the left is three minutes timelapsed scene, on the right is animation of photographs I took in three weeks. Three minutes feel longer than the three weeks, it might be caused by the people in the background who walk rapidly through the liminal space, making movement, while the apple stays there, taking its time.
We had cross-year class, three students from the first year swapped tutor who previously Mr. Houman, to Mr. Andrew. I was afraid that it will make my next presentation unclear because I presented this week reports to Mr. Andrew, not Mr. Houman.
The Feedbacks:
- try sort out things: what is working and what is not working?
- decide what could be removed
- go into deeper and communicate what you learned
- references from Mr. Andrew: Alfred Hitchcock, Watching Neighbours
- find connection between people who walks fast and the wild plants
- does not have to be finished > sustain investigation > absorbing > the process become enjoyable