AIN JUN COLLECTED WORKS 2022
MONOLITH PROJECT 01
Viewership Sound Subversion
A pavilion designed with the intention of subversion, the monolithic nature of the structure serves as a unit to house artist Tony Conrad’s works in three separate and unique experiences that create a cohesive viewing experience.
EX02 Mapping Space
PROJECT 01
Acoustics Music LSD
SOUNDSCAPE
Tasked with the challenge of displaying three of Tony Conrad’s art pieces, “Soundscape” pavilion is tasked with housing “Long String Drone”, one of Conrad’s instruments. To exemplify the echo like nature of drone music and to accentuate and multiply the acoustic experience, this spacious and geometric structure was conceptualized.
VIEWING THEATER
PROJECT 01
Viewership Perspective Yellow Movies
“Viewing Theater” was designed as a pavilion that would allow for viewership of Conrad’s famous “Yellow Movies” paintings. With wide-set angular steps that seem to encase the viewer, this pavilion was created with the intent that no one viewer would be experiencing the work in the same perspective.
Side View (Viewing Theater. Ain Jun. Museum Board, Colored Pencil. 2022)
Plan View (Viewing Theater. Ain Jun. Museum Board, Colored Pencil. 2022)
PRISON PATHWAY
PROJECT 01
Subversion
Art vs Real World Women in Prison
“Prison Pathway” was drawn up as a very simplistic geometric structure, consisting of two hallways which subvert the viewer into the installation, “Women in Prison”. By shuttling viewers in a rigid circulation/path of movement, viewers are made to be prisoners to the architecture, in reflection of the nuances of Conrad’s piece.
EX03 Interpreted Forms
These forms , first inspired by kissing architecture, illustrate the concept of contact, whether through singular meeting points or a variety of touch points that emphasize and accentuate closeness and connection.
EX03 Reinterpreted Form
MONOLITH CONT.
PROJECT 01
Viewership Sound Subversion
Over the course of Project 01’s duration, I became educated on what it means to design for myself and for others. Dealing with the works of a multifaceted artist such as Tony Conrad, I found my own ego grappling with the strong identity of his works.
It was when I took the time to research the pieces, Conrad’s background, and the values that he held that the concepts and designs started to emerge.
Through the three study models (“Soundscape”, “Viewing Theater”, and “Prison Pathway”) that housed one art piece each, and then finally “Monolith” which was designed to house all three, the progression of the project in turn led to a more intimate and personal relation with the artist.
Learning to appreciate an artist’s work and not letting my own design philosophies and ego outshine the artist’s work, but rather accentuating the functions and motifs of the pieces themselves was an invaluable takeaway, and one that will help my design moving forward as I take into consideration outside perspectives that will then, in turn, make my design more fluid, practical, and impactful.
WiP Monolith Render. Ain Jun. Rhino Render. 2022
WiP Hallway Path Render. Ain Jun. Rhino Render. 2022
Monolith Plan View. Ain Jun. Museum Board, Foam Board. 2022
Monolith Internal Shot (Movie room to WiP). Ain Jun. Museum Board, Foam Board. 2022
