ARC30003_Final Posters by Sethmoni Phou_102440556

the golden apple

The story of the Golden Apple is a mythological tale that originates from ancient Greek mythology. It started with the Marriage of the King Peleus, with the Sea Nymph, Thetis, that took place in the Mountain of Pelion in Thessaly. An event that attended by all the other gods and goddesses except Eris. Feeling insulted for not being invited to the event; Eris, the goddess of the disagreement decided to take revenge by throwing a golden apple with the inscription “For the fairest” into the gathering. Three goddess, Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite saw this opportunity and decided to the claim the apple, leading them to a heated argument.

Zeus decided to assign the task to a moral name Paris; the prince of Troy, to settle the dispute. The three goddesses tried to bribe Paris to choose them as the fairest. Promised by Hera; the queen of the Gods, power and wealth. Athena offered him greatest wisdom and skill in war, almost equal as her own. On the other hand, Aphrodite promised him the love of the most beautiful female mortal in the world, Helen of Sparta, the Wife of king Sparta Menelaus. Paris eventually chose Aphrodite as the fairest in return. The abduction of Helen by Paris led to the Trojan War, a ten-year conflict that ultimately resulted in the fall of Troy.

aLLEGORY:

The Golden Apple tale has been portrayed in a number of literary, artistic, and popular works. It is regarded as a warning story about the pitfalls of choosing vanity and personal gain over the greater good.

SCENE 1: THE OPENING

In the beginning of the story, it opens up with the event of the Peleus and Thetis’s wedding ceremony. The scene describes the location of the event as well as the attendee of the other god and godesses.

SCENE 2: ERIS’S REVENGE

The next scenefollows up with Eris getting mad and the creation of the golden apple.

SCENE 3: THE ARGUMENT AND THE DISPUTE

The three goddesses: Hera, Athena and Aphrodite got into an argument and Zeus trying to settle the dispute by asking Paris, the Prince of Troy to help.

SCENE 4: THE BRIBERY

The three goddesses bribed Paris by filling his head with images of their offerings : Power, War and a seduced woman; Helen.

SCENE 5: APHRODITE’S VICTORY/ THE ADUCTION/THE TROJAN WAR

Paris Picked Aphrodite To Recieved To The Golden Apple. The Abduction Of The Helen. The Beginning Of The Trojan War.

Figure 1: Mount Pelion in Thessaly Figure 2: Marriage of Peleus and Thetis. Figure 3: Jupiter and Juno on Mount IDA.

Figure 4: Eris throwing the Golden Apple. Figure 5: Eris, the Goddess of Discord.

Figure 6: Julie Le brun as Atalanta.

Figure 7: The Judgement of Paris 1.

Figure 8: The Judgement of Paris 2.

Figure 9: Goddess Athena and the Triumph of God Zeus.

Figure 10: Zeus.

Figure 11: Thetis Bringing Armor to Achilles II Figure 12. Helen and Paris.

Figure 13: The Judgement of Paris 3. Figure 15: The Abduction of Helen.

Figure 17: The Trojan Horse.

Feeling insulted for not being invited to the wedding, Eris decided to take revenge by throwing a golden apple into the gathering with the inscription "For the fairest."

Three goddesses, Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite, all claimed the apple for themselves, leading to a heated argument.

To settle the dispute, Zeus decided to assign the task to a mortal man named Paris, the prince of Troy.

The Judgement of Paris

Paris ultimately chose Aphrodite as the fairest.

Hera promised him power and wealth.

In return, she helped him win the heart of Helen, the wife of King Menelaus of Sparta.

Aphrodite promised him the love of the most beautiful woman in the world.

The Golden Apple The story begins with the the marriage of the King Peleus, with Thetis which took place in the Mountain of Pelion in Thessaly.

Athena offered him wisdom and skill in war.

The three goddesses tried to bribe Paris to choose them as the fairest.

The abduction of Helen by Paris led to the Trojan War, a ten-year conflict that ultimately resulted in the fall of Troy.

experimentations

experimentation #1

SKIN SYSTEM

Technique: Krestling Origami Pattern

Keyword: Collapsing.

INVETIGATION:

In this model, I wanted to investigate this particular folding technique called “Krestling Origami Pattern”. The folding method itself is highly adaptable and has two primary forms: a spiral form that acts like a screw mechanism and an opposed form that results in a net-zero rotation during compression [1].

ABOUT THE MODEL:

Through this experiment, I wanted to find a form or created through an existing technique that sysmbolise the golden apple. Eventhough, this model mean to be an abtract version of the fruit from the story, I wanted it to convey something that beautifully crafted only to be collapsed once you are touching it or playing with it long enough or in this case pressing it. This meant to be a direct translation from the story allegory that it is a cautionary tale about the consequences of vanity.

experimentation #2

MUSCLE SYSTEM

Technique: Wire Twisting/ Pulling

Keyword: Collapsing, Destructive.

INVETIGATION:

In this model, I wanted to investigate this through pulling the thread to pressing the wire.

ABOUT THE MODEL:

Similar to the first experiment, I also wanted to take this model to follow the same story line of golden apple. I started out by making an abtract for the fruit by using mainly wires. My goal with this experiment is to convey something beautiful as an indirect translation from pride and vanity. With this muscle system, I designed the mechanism to works by pulling the thread.

narrative form diagram

I n this narrative form diagram tells the story of the form transformation of the chosen experiment that used the muscle system. Different from a typical geometry shape, the form of this design started off with an extremely organic and flowing appearance. The important of changing this organic form is approached by changing the behavior of the form.

4D mOTIONS

The initial idea of exploring the form of the design is referenced to the shape of the sphere, a shape which resemble to the golden apple. Through transformations, the form resulted in a thin shell like form which able to complete an abstract shape of a sphere when placing each shell in a 45o angle.

3d GEOMETRY OF THE DESIGN

variations+mechanism

design variations

DESIGN VARIATION 2: SHRINKING & EXPANDING

T his second desing variation was inspired by a case study called the “Diffusion Choir”. The design functions by simply using a motor to create the movement of expanding and shrinking.

DESIGN VARIATION 1: SWIRLING

Within this first design exploration, an investigation on the movement is taken into consideration as it took the inspiration from “The Shiver House” byNEON. The idea was simply focusing on the movement of the shells moving around by the twirling of the pole or the tube that it attached to. This movement can work either through the use of a motor to twirl the tube around or it can automatically run on its own using force of the wind.

design prototype

Different from the first two variations, in this prototype, the shell was powered by a motor which enable it to lower each shell at different time in a specific length. Each shell is attached with a different stick that goes inside the same tube so it can lower each shell without inferring with one another or all at the time.

exploded diagrams

FABRICATION PROCESS

As the concept of the design developed, the selected material for this model would preferably be a metal for the frame and in addition to the mechanical tube. Since it can manufacture to be light in weight and its durability value. As well for the skin, ideally it would be plastic; specifically, Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), as it is light weight and its recyclability advantageous.

thread

hook

mechanical tube frame

paper skin

About the design

Design-wise speaking, the idea of this prototype was to draw an inspiration from the golden apple where the story allegory implemented into the design itself. Given that the movement of the model creates an illusion or an effect of the sphere being lowered to the ground, an indirect translation of the way “Eris” threw the apple to the crowd to create chaos.

The meaning behind the abstract form of the apple was meant to create a sense of chaotic, destructive and something that never fulfilled. At a certain angle/perspective, the model itself only looks full on one side.

attachment

As shown in the diagram above, the change has been made to the headpiece component, from the prototype headpiece to a more realistic one in an architectural installation world. The original intended idea for this model was to be run by a motor where it programmed to pull and lower the shell at a measured time.

The location for displaying the model should ideally somewhere be higher than the ground. The reason for that was so it could align with the apple being something greater good and the fact that it can display the model through a human perspective. The selected location for this model locates on AMDC building level 3 at Swinburne University.