acrylic, pen, graphite on mat board. 38 x 30 cm.
Showing posts with label 2008. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2008. Show all posts
24.1.10
18.1.10
17.1.10
mix those media.
the water tower
a key element in the water tower project was the merging of illustration/painting and 3-dimensional rendering.
finding a middle-ground is difficult, but together, one compensates for what the other lacks.
it's difficult to take a dream sequence that you have one night and apply it to an architectural project. difficult but possible!
16.1.10
the water tower
a rediscovered gem. i thought i had lost this stop-motion video that i made for the chicago vertical farm project (fall 2008).
-made with the aid of illustrator/ps + scanned paintings + laborious task of copying and moving frames to sequence a concrete video.
the birth of a breathing building. given life by the sky and river.
28.12.09
q-baby
the qatar baby...or more precisely...the result of combining the image of a qatari child riding a donkey, the christ child, and a doha map.
doha, one year later.
Extremely hard to believe my stepfather and mom have been living in Doha, Qatar for just over a year now. December 21st, 2008, we first stepped foot on Qatari soil...and by soil I mean sand. Believe me.
Such a different world from our western hemisphere, but nonetheless welcomed by us as a new place to explore and collaborate with. And, as my mother has found, the city here is one with which to collaborate and compromise.
Growing vertically and horizontally (the latter at a surprisingly alarming rate), I feel the city is still searching for it's identity. Something that will give it an edge, so as not to remain in the shadow of its more grandiose (and more unsustainable) gulf sisters.
This illustration was done after my first visit to Doha. I look back on it a year later surprised at the resolution and accuracy of some of the spaces. It focuses on the parts of the city hugging the water-- where I spend most of my time. The absurdity of the illustration is not very far off from the actual appearance of the city. While astoundingly impressive, the city still seems to make me chuckle when viewed from a plane.
Where else can one see so many hapharzardly "designed" structures all bunched together...as if reluctantly getting ready for some obligatory skyscraper family photo. Sears portrait studio, anyone?
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