Moment Factory - Ode à la vie démo officiel

As ever, Gaudí's architecture continues to amaze and awe-inspire - almost 70 years after his death. The Montreal-based new media arts and entertainment studio, 'Moment Factory', in September 2012, transformed the Sagrada Familia into yet a more stunning and colourful vision, playing on the building's magnificent architecture. By use of video, lighting, performance and sound, the team of artists created the most magical of moments for its spectators. Inspired by the original coloured drawings of Gaudí, 'Moment Factory' projected a dazzling array of coloured lighting and motion onto the Roman Catholic Church that remains uncompleted since the untimely death of its creator.
'Images cascaded across the front of the church, from a brightly coloured display of birds to a mosaic, to a tropical paradise, complete with waterfall'- The Daily Mail

To relate this fantastic art installation to my own project, I was inspired by how Moment Factory completely transformed the Sagrada Familia. It proves how colour can almost entirely change a space. As you see the Sagrada Familia transformed you almost feel as if you are gazing into a fourth dimesional space - another world. It has inspired me to explore colour and how it can effect and transform 2D and 3D spaces.

'Colour is the essence of life' - Antoni Gaudí

After dipping the ends of the stalagtites/ icycle formations into wax, i tied them together and after many attempts, managed to attach them all to behind my board. I was happy with the end product but after a talk with one of my tutors, came to the conclusion that working with such a literal interpretation of caves would leave me with a limited amount of projects to undertake. And so i began looking at a more broader spectrum of ideas (still based on the concept of space being the natural and man-made structures around me)

creating my cave...

Today i experiemented in making stalagtites out of paper. I then dipped them in saturated poster paint. I chose for them to be a pale lilac - a colour that to me means reassurance, comfort, even sanctury. Tomorrow I'll see how dipping the dried pieces into wax effects the texture and look of the piece.

I don't know anyone who actually likes the dark or night-time. I don't care how much they say it doesn't bother them. That's why we used to huddle in caves and light fires when the sun went down.
- Paul Kane