The Pavilion designed by Sou Fujimoto

One of my friends went to Serpentine Gallery and recommended the Pavilion in Serpentine Gallery which designed by Sou Fujimoto.

Sou Fujimoto is a Japanese architect. I have never heard of him until this pavilion, it made me have a basic understanding of him. What he said about the Pavilion is 'It is a really fundamental question how architecture is different from nature, or how architecture could be part of nature, or how they could be merged... what are boundaries between nature and artificial things.'(Fujimoto, 2013) It is an admirable idea. I really appreciate his concept and work.

When I was having a tea with my friend in the pavilion, I found that there are some transparent circular plastic on the structure. I believe they are designed for protecting visitors from rain. It is a semi-transparent structure make people in the pavilion can clearly see the landscape. Visitors can have fun in the pavilion, because there are some steps that let people explore freely.

As a designer, Sou Fujimoto must consider lots of aspects. Design is not just for beauty, it is also important to make it convenient and useful.

It is a really really amazing design I think. As a textiles design student, I used a different way to view the pavilion. I can see different textures displaying on background of sky and trees. It can also be a colour palette, the white lines show on landscape gave me this idea. Besides, it is surprising when part of structure is shown in light. I love this design. 

References

Fujimoto, S. (2013) Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013 by Sou Fujimoto. [internet] Available from:< http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/serpentine-gallery-pavilion-2013-sou-fujimoto> [Accessed on 19 October 2013]

Visiting TATE BRITAIN

After lecture today, I went to TATE BRITAIN with Nicole. In order to get further understanding of the lecture, I visited the museum in different way compared to the visit before.

As tutor said, there are some guides which is trying to control visitors. Those guides may help some people, but for me, I like to follow my feeling, follow my interest.

I found that there are less paintings or art works about colored people or underclasses. Most of them are describing the life of aristocrats and religion. I felt it was unfair and sympathetic. I believe that's why classical paintings can't draw my eye. 

Compared to those classical paintings, I prefer modern art. I can understand the history and background of classical arts, but they are limited. When I was viewing modern art works, I got passion to figure out what story it tried to show. I want to know the culture and meaning of them. It is totally different from viewing classical paintings.

I'm a little confused about the setting of following pictures. They placed ancient statues in a room full of modern paintings. I guessed they want to show the change of art styles in different periods. Anyway, it is interesting.

I really admired one of the settings. At first, the shadow of the work caught my eye. The original object is under the light, the shadow become a head of women, even the object is not a head. I can see the power of light. I can read another meaningful story from it.

I appreciated the collection of black and white photography. Those pictures recorded common people's life, they are approaching real people and real life. I can be easily inspired by those photos. In my opinion, art is making people feel the same feeling the artist felt.