The poem I am choosing is "A Dream Within A Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe. It has a lot of strong emotion, especially grief. In this first design, I tried to make it feel like you were in a dream. There are many elements coming out of the walls in many different directions. The back of the structure is put up against a hill so the people inside listening to the poem can see wonderful scenery around them. They will not be able to embrace it like Poe, who seemed to see the beauty around him, but could not get out of his own loss.
For my 2nd design I tried to focus on being confined in an area without being able to get free. Poe seemed to be trapped within his own grief. I tried to bring small amounts of lighting in from different directions to show the little amount of "light" in Poe's life. I wanted it to feel like we were in Poe's dream and we couldn't get out.
In my last design I wanted the people entering the structure to feel like they were coming into a dream. They could come in then go down to another level. On this other level I wanted to make it feel like being trapped in a prison. Like Poe who was trapped and surrounded by death. I made the spaces tiny and close to make the people inside feel uneasy. Then the people inside come to a great opening surrounded by vertical columns that make it feel like being trapped in a prison. They would be able to see wonderful landscapes from that view, but the "bars" prevent that from happening. They can only see a small amount. Poe seemed to want to break free and get out of this "dream" , but he was unable to.
In my last design I wanted the people entering the structure to feel like they were coming into a dream. They could come in then go down to another level. On this other level I wanted to make it feel like being trapped in a prison. Like Poe who was trapped and surrounded by death. I made the spaces tiny and close to make the people inside feel uneasy. Then the people inside come to a great opening surrounded by vertical columns that make it feel like being trapped in a prison. They would be able to see wonderful landscapes from that view, but the "bars" prevent that from happening. They can only see a small amount. Poe seemed to want to break free and get out of this "dream" , but he was unable to.
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I think you are moving a good direction with all three of these models. I especially enjoy the description of being inside the third model. I think the more and more uneasy you can make the reader, the better. How could you make them feel uneasy inside by using light, wind, sound, etc, while making it seem like it's very pleasant outside? - Mary Jones
ReplyDeleteI am excited about the space/experience of the first model and how you used the elements, but I feel its connection to the concepts in the poem is not as strong as the other two models. Maybe you could somehow bring more of the tactile and unusual qualities of the first model into the spatial experience of the other two.
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