EXERCISE_01_PATTERN_RECOGNITION

THIS EXERCISE REQUIRED US TO OBTAIN A RECOGNIZABLE PATTERN BY MANIPULATING AND ABSTRACTING AN IMAGE USING DIGITAL MEDIA.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

THE CONCEPT

MY CONCEPT DERIVED OFF THE "MERGER" OF THE FILMS OF METROPOLIS AND THE DOORS.
IN ONE HAND, METROPOLIS REPRESENTS THE MACHINE AND ITS ROLE WITH HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND INTERACTION TO THEIR RESPECTIVE ENVIRONMENTS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE DOORS REPRESENTS THE ROLE OF THE RAWNESS OF HUMAN NATURE AND ITS RELATION WITH ITS SURROUNDINGS. ALTOUGH BOTH FILMS FALL UNDER TWO DISTINCT STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS; MACHINE AND NATURE, THEY BOTH SHARE A SIMILITUDE THAT CONNECTS THEM.
THEIR POINT OF CONNECTION COMES INTO PLAY WHEN HUMANS MERGE BOTH SYSTEMS TOGETHER. IN TECHNOLOGY, FOR EXAMPLE THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF A MACHINE WILL OFTEN COPY OR IMITATE SOMETHING FOUND IN NATURE. THE EXAMPLE I HAVE POSED IS THAT OF THE SPINAL CORD; WHICH HUMANS HAVE FOUND IT HELPFUL IN CREATING MACHINES BY COPYING ITS FORM AND FUNCTION. THUS, THAT'S HOW I DERIVED WITH THE NAME OF EXOSTOSIS, WHICH IS ABNORMAL SKELETAL OUTGROWTH.


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