EXTRACTION - Global affects and local negotiations
BA Unit 2+3E [TP3]
Faxe Kalkbrud
Movement
The tool is a development throughout different assignments. The tool is a representation of a network with moving parts. The moving chalk particles within the object arrives from the flow1 domestic transportation assignment, and Faxe where all traffic from the site went through an intersection to meet in one place. In Faxe I also encountered wind as a powerful element on site. The wind is for me energy, and an element of nature that we as humans must use, and consider as a valuable source. Since our site for exhibition didn’t offer any wind, I had to simulate wind. Pneumatic tubes are a method of transportation invented in the late 1900 century. Its moves objects in tubes, by creating compressed air, or vacuum. Like the human interaction with sites of extraction in both Beverly and Faxe, we leave a footprint or mark on the environment. The same occurs for the tool. When chalk is extracted from the glass balls, transported to the intersection, it then leaves a color footprint on the filter.
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Dimensions 2200 x 250 x 250 cm (Arms: 1000 mm) Materials 22 mm PVC pipe / 16 mm MDF / 3 mm Plexiglas / Ă˜ 80 mm Christmas glass ball / 22 mm PVC Split fittings for water hose / 3 x 20 mm screws / 1 Vacuum motor / 1 Vacuum filter / Colored chalk dust / Steelfoot