As I was researching the thinker William G. Staples, through his books, "Everyday Surveillance: Vigilance and visibility in postmodern life" and "The Culture of Surveillance: Discipline and social control " which investigates the idea of how through technology and surveillance, although its to make this work safer and better, to what extents are we willing to extend to, as a quote goes in one of his books, "worth surviving the risks of life only to end up “living” in a surveillance society?" and that in this generation with all of this surveillance there is the fact of trust becoming diminished in this culture of surveillance as you totally rely on technology and not on the truthfulness and honesty of a human any longer. Can you really trust anyone anymore? That "trust is becoming a rare commodity in our culture". And that there is this fact of how we always "assume that all technological change is always "for the better"." But if through this type of technological generation we are just being controled by technology, and trust is diminishing, it is obvious that technological change is not always for the better. "obviously, we want to stop needless loss of life and injury, but on what basis and with what values do we evaluate the choice between reducing life's risks and tragedies by some unknown amount versus limiting our constitutional rights and personal freedom?"
Interested in the idea of using natural materials in my project, i researched natural architecture where structures were made from natural materials. Images from the book "Natural Architecture" by A. Rocca.
In reference to these images i found related tomy idea as they are both natural images, one of a hunam body the other of natural trees, but have this contrast through the technique of cubism. There is this sense of contro within this technique. The was I see it, it portrays the idea of the distortion of control, that being technology in my idea. The images are derived from the book "Cubist Picasso" Edited by A. Baldassan. (pages 191 and 215)
Researching the Yokohama Port Terminal, I fould really related to my idea, as i wanted to portray this contrast between nature and technology. control and freedom, as within the port terminal, they also have this contrast that of the harbour and nature. Image from the Foreign Office Architects, El Croquis Book. Page 42.
Abstract Model: using popsicle sticks in a uniform yet fluid manner. A mixture between the fluidity of freedom, yet the uniformity of control. Wanting to experiment with wooden popsicle sticks as my idea is mainly about technology versus nature. The idea used this brief fear and paranoia, is this fear of how technology and surveillance is taking over our lives. In a sense technology is taking over our freedom and we are losing apart of ourselves in a sense.
Abstract Drawing: emphasizing the idea of freedom and being trapped and controlled. the random colourful squiggly lines representing freedom. The dark black lines, the control.
