Exploring the experience of space in design and performing arts 88
Dissertation 2011-12
7/9 Yes very much. For me the narrative is a pattern of living, pattern of day to day activities, and goings and comings. Sometimes the narrative is about allocating status and character to various events that are happening in the building, so something is given major importance , and something is given less importance, something is presented front on, something is presented, by the way. So there are nuances that are actually reflections of what you call the rituals of life. So the narrative is not something which is outside of the day to day life of the project, narrative is found from within that reality, that’s the way I tend to operate I for instance would not say that the narrative of something is the “Journey of the Ganges “or whatever.. it is never metaphorical. And it is also never significant, it is actually very pan ague, even though it is pan ague it would have certain nuances. Which is not felt from the outside, but when you use it, utilize it. When you have been around for some time then you got to……………..experiences or “ be in the same village” so to say. So the person who comes in as a spectator may not understand it, because it is not to impress him. So its in the little things that you get used to, you can say it that way. It’s a patterning of spatial relationships and sequencing , and what you see, what you don’t see. How things are juxtaposed or not juxtaposed. And there are simple tricks like facing or not facing, or sitting side by side, these kinds of nuances are in a sense, ritualized to day to day. For example the ritual is that I do not leave the room without combing my hair. So these are those kinds of rituals about places and actions . In my kind of designing, the way life will be lived is very consciously visualized and it swings around that.
VIRKEIN DHAR