THE SEARCH FOR MEANING Due to the flatness of the landscape, the area was more exposed to the elements of the weather resulting in a lot of wear and tear to the land and we could see this through the bare ruggedness on the site, a very strong characteristic that is apparent to see visually in the area. It was this fragility and vulnerablitiy of the land that we seek to exploit and utilise for the design. However, instead of depicting a scene of somber fragility, we intend on portraying brutal resilience. Instead of a still and quiet moment of reflection, we wanted an aggressive defiance as the wind tears through it. We feel that this is more in line with our intention to create an exciting and iconic installation. Together with our concept of the moving pulses of a neuron, this would depict an image of a ruptured and damaged element that is still able to sustain life; An analogy in which as long as there are moving pulses, there are still brain activities indicating presence of life. These pulses are created and triggered through the act of moving cars; To translate, as long as people keep coming to the city (triggering the pulse on the installation), the city would be active with lots of activities and events thus is able to sustain itself! A convoluted idea in hindsight, and this is proven correct as we struggled with the limited time we had to depict a convincing design showing all of these qualities. Also, we risk too much into metaphors which as discussed before, would affect the way in which the design is recieved by the people. Would they understand it? Perhaps not. The meaning behind this concept was too abstract and most importantly, does not have a strong connection in the context of Wyndham thus would only confuse the drivers.
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