THE FIVE DAY WORKSHOP WAS HELD AT AHO, OSLO SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN IN NORWAY BETWEEN 8TH – 12TH MARCH 2009.
THE BASIC IDEA WAS TO TAKE ANIMATION AS A CHAIN REACTION WHERE A MECHANISM IS ANIMATED BY THE CONSEQUENCE OF ONE OBJECT ACTING UPON ANOTHER AND THAT THIS AS A PROCESS IT COULD BE SCALED UP AND DOWN AT SPECIFIC MOMENTS TO GENERATE SPATIAL AS WELL AS GRAPHIC OR VISUAL QUALITIES.
THE WHOLE KINETIC SCULPTURE, NICKNAMED THE NORWEGIAN PRINTER IN HONOR OF NORDIC ARTIST EDWARD MUNCH, STRETCHED THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF THE SCHOOL’S HEAVY-INDUSTRIAL WORKSHOP AND STRETCHED THE 30 METRE-LONG SPACE AND AT IT’S HIGHEST POINT EXTENDED AS HIGH AS THE CEILING 15 METRES ABOVE.
USING A COMBINATION OF GRAPEFRUIT, APPLES, MOBILE PHONES, SPARE TYRES, PROJECTED ANIMATIONS ATTACHED TO SCRIPTED PRINTERS AND A SERIES OF ENGINEERED PULLEYS AND COUNTER WEIGHTS, THE NORWEGIAN PRINTER WORKED FIRST TIME AND BEGAN THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATING ANIMATED AND ENGINEERED SPACE WITHIN THE DESIGN PROJECTS OF ALL STUDENTS INVOLVED.
A PROCESS FILM WAS SHOWN BEFORE THE WORKSHOP WHERE DER LAUF DER DINGE BY ARTISTS FISCHLI AND WEISS WAS SHOWN ALONGSIDE DANGEROUS DAYS – THE MAKING OF BLADE RUNNER. TO EXPLAIN IDEAS OF ILLUSION, TIME AND DURATION, FREE MOVEMENT, LIGHT, SCALE AND ARTIFICE.