Paranoia

The following movie was an exercise to help develop my narrative. Throughout the film I tried to uncover "what" it was I wanted to record with my photography. Additionally the film attempted to capture the feelings of paranoia and constant suspicion.

Key Words

par·a·noi·a
–noun
1. Psychiatry. a mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions and the projection of personal conflicts, which are ascribed to the supposed hostility of others, sometimes progressing to disturbances of consciousness and aggressive acts believed to be performed in self-defense or as a mission.
2. baseless or excessive suspicion of the motives of others.

par·a·noi·a
n.
1. A psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution with or without grandeur, often strenuously defended with apparent logic and reason.
2. Extreme, irrational distrust of others.


schiz·o·phre·ni·a
–noun
1. Psychiatry. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
2. a state characterized by the coexistence of contradictory or incompatible elements.

schiz·o·phre·ni·a
n.
1. Any of a group of psychotic disorders usually characterized by withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thinking, delusions, and hallucinations, and accompanied in varying degrees by other emotional, behavioral, or intellectual disturbances. Schizophrenia is associated with dopamine imbalances in the brain and may have an underlying genetic cause.
2. A situation or condition that results from the coexistence of disparate or antagonistic qualities, identities, or activities: the national schizophrenia that results from carrying out an unpopular war.

schizophrenia

noun
any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact

Client specific architecture

in·sti·tu·tion
–noun
1. an organization, establishment, foundation, society, or the like, devoted to the promotion of a particular cause or program, esp. one of a public, educational, or charitable character: This college is the best institution of its kind.
2. the building devoted to such work.
3. a public or private place for the care or confinement of inmates, esp. mental patients or other disabled or handicapped persons.
4. Sociology. a well-established and structured pattern of behavior or of relationships that is accepted as a fundamental part of a culture, as marriage: the institution of the family.
5. any established law, custom, etc.
6. any familiar, long-established person, thing, or practice; fixture.
7. the act of instituting or setting up; establishment: the institution of laws.
8. Ecclesiastical.
a. the origination of the Eucharist, and enactment of its observance, by Christ.
b. the investment of a member of the clergy with a spiritual charge.

Behind the Able Building

These photos were from my first visit to the site. I did not go into the site because there were people "working" in there.


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Observations:

With most of the snow gone, I got a chance to really see how disorganized the lot is. There appears to be no rhyme or reason to how obkects are placed in it. There is also a wider aray of items than I have previously imagined. From ground level I noted:

1. table frames
2. oil drums
3. pallets
4. chairs
5. chair seats
6. shelves
7. scrap metal
8. tires
9. screens

It seemed as if most of the items in the yard are of metal however it is hard to make tht claim without entering the space. I will try my luck next time to enter the site

Thoughts

The Narrative:

Sheldon lives high above the streets of point douglas in a home-made, rundown water tower. He spends his day and nights watching his property, making sure thieves and scavengers stay away from his precious objects.

Sheldon suffers from extreme paranoia. He believes that the thieves are gunning for his machines his metals, his family.

what is the timeline

1. Components

a) Ether:

Is about the unknown, the unseen, the unexplainable mystery that we so desperately need to to clarify and understand

b) Point Douglas:

Point Douglas is a odd mix of worlds. There are residents, there are businesses , there are property owners.

Why is this this air of suspicion?

Why are business owners so protective, so secretive of their belongings?

c) Pinhole camera:

The pinhole camera was used to capture sights that were invisible to the human eye. Through the pinhole we can see the unseen; mysteries begin to reveal themselves.

What then is the connection?
- I am trying to see what is unseen and record it
What kind of architecture caters to viewing?
- observatories, museums, drive-in movies, national parks, theaters, arenas, towers, balconies etc.
What kind of architecture records?
- wall of cameras so a running horse can be recorded (first motion picture), WWII England - sound parabolas
- how do i make an architecture that records?
- what kind of viewing is it?
- what kind of recording is it?
- is the viewing and recording one way?
- is the viewing and recording designed for one person?
- voyeur?

I want to design a building that:
- allows for surveillance... inconspicuous
- records what can't be seen - photography

Components needed for photography - light exposure

What is the point of the movie?
the movie is going to help me focus on my design problem. it will help out the questions that I'm addressing/trying to answer in my project.

My question is, how can I make architecture that...

building as ether detector/machine

In inner workings of Sheldon Blank, the schizophrenic.

images:

time, stop watch
black light - traces
chalk board, tally marks

Laser Cutting Results

After assembling these camera bodies I realized that I had copied the typical form of a disposable camera. I was disappointed that I failed to make something more creative but at least they worked as a camera.



This was one of my first attempts at a FET film advance. I used the same technology found in my first term project (relay, motor, photocell) but because there is so much tension on the film, the motor was unable to advance. It could work with a more powerful motor however I'm beginning to feel that the complexity of the mechanism is taking away from the simplicity of the FET.

Camera Parts - drafting for the laser cutter

Pinhole Camera

Pinhole Camera