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LOCKDOWN. van Niekerk, T. Unit 13. 2020.

Tiaan van Niekerk

Supervisors:

Eric Charles Wright, Claudia Morgado, Mikara Naidoo

Unit:

13 - L A T I T U D E

Instagram:

@u13slow2020_tiaan

The Institute of Light and Colour is a “collection of different materialisations of light” a sample library, a catalogue. Covid-19 Pandemic, the catalyst to create new desired experiences within isolation. Experiences that go beyond the places that we are confined to.

My project consists of two parts, mainly a scientific approach to making, that produces a set of qualities through using light phenomena. A specified method of working with light that arrives at a certain materialisation.

My architecture is a set of desired experiences created through the behaviour of light. It forms an argument that there are alternative ways of materialising things and questions how we qualify materials.

Email:

vanniekerk.tiaan@gmail.com

Animation #3: COORDINATES, van Niekerk, T. Unit 13. 2020.

The absorption and reflection of the coloured lights are translated through data point software and transferred back as coordinates in relation to each other. Space is mapped, through the position of points that indicate variables of Chromaticity and illumination.

Animation #4: PAPER SPACES. van Niekerk, T. Unit 13. 2020.

Animation #4: PAPER SPACES. van Niekerk, T. Unit 13. 2020.

Animation #4: PAPER SPACES. van Niekerk, T. Unit 13. 2020.

Space 1: (Calm – New-beginnings – Hopeful)

Perspective - Threshold – Eye-level – Looking in - Directional

Space 2: (Secure – Safe – Protection – Delicate – Curious)

Elevation – Barrier – Levels

Space 3: (Energetic – Movement – Power – Collision – Bodies - Connection)

Space 4: (Hiding – Suspense – Exposed)

Space 5: (Floating – Detached

Animation #5: PHENOMENA, van Niekerk, T. Unit 13. 2020.

Dispersion – 30 lumens – 1 metre distance - Wall – Brightness at 12%
Reflection – 125 lumens – 2 metre distance - Fabric – Brightness at 50%
Refraction (Caustic) – 30 lumens – 0.5 metre distance - Wall – Brightness at 12%
Scatter – 30 lumens – no distance – suspended particles – Brightness at 12%
Amplitude Low - 30 lumens – 2 metre distance - Wall – Brightness at 12%

Animation #6: PROPOSITIONAL SPATIALISATIONS, van Niekerk, T. Unit 13. 2020.

Material 1: Refraction – Animates space – assigns energy

Perspective view – Eye level – Looking out – Exterior –

Space 1: (Captivated –Centred – Entranced - Mesmerized)
Space 2: (Encapsulated - Curious - Origin - Reminiscence - Understanding)
Space 3: (Eco-system – Life-cycle – Nature – Time - Life)
Space 4: (Self-awareness – Searching for – Shallow - Reflection)
Space 5: (Distorted – Misunderstood - Hiding – Fractured – Deserted)
Space 6: (Cranium – Meeting Point - Concentrate)

Material 2: Reflection – assigns movement or indicates direction

Elevation - Projected silhouette – horizontal – Submerged – Focus

Space 7: (Road to nowhere – Escaping – Stacked – Routes – Directions)
Space 8: (Warped – Frequency - Fleeting)
Space 9: (Mesmerize - Hypnotic - Restless – Zephyr - Calm)

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