CONVERSATIONS

100 Days of Making | Exhibition | Sanda Iliescu | Spring 2023

Presented are a series of pictorial conversations which have taken place between myself and friends. The aim was not only to capture one’s personality and aesthetic in a simple image, but to also track the dance of minds in an illustrative way. The process was initiated by each of us writing a short sentence about our identity, over which was laid trace paper. These short identifiers became the first of many shapes and relationships exchanged between ourselves – a conversation where the words are only abstractly drawn. Following this, I hand drafted each Conversation to represent memory. Additionally, this standardization allows for comparison between Conversations. To compliment this, the left column comprises a series of images which I created individually to reveal what my aesthetic and personality is to you, the eavesdropper.

Post-Structure recreates the experience of communities coming together and using the ground, rocks, and trees as elements of shelter, utility and play. This project looks to nature in how it structures one’s private, semi-private and public spaces. In nature, an individual may “claim” a quiet spot as their own, but often public areas are shared between many groups. Thus, an individual may claim” a quiet, secluded room, but the public spaces such as kitchens and living rooms are shared between the local dwellers. The bedrooms as the most private spaces mimic the intimate caves arrayed across the landscape west of Richmond and are brought up above the ground plane. The amorphous public space which rests upon the ground subsequently falls into the indented space created. Thus, what is created are sheltering bedrooms held above an amorphous public space which blends interior and exterior. The rooms are connected through walkways and stairways and are separated to allow for streams of light to penetrate through to the spaces below. Like a tree canopy, this move also provides shade and natural ventilation for the public spaces.

FEASTING, RESTING, AND FLYING KITES

AND VALLEYS