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ARM REST - Finding Trace of Human Inhabitation in Bench Arms |
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By taking close-up shots and texture samples from the bench arms, I attempted to dig out trivial evidence of human inhabitation in the Pasadena Central Park. The method of studying is fundamentally drawing hypothetical conclusion out of the juxtaposed samples collected in the two format, by imagining the possible ways the bench arms are used by human beings in different scenarios, and by comparing that pattern to the characteristic of the space, e.g: traffic of the four streets surrounding the park. The reason for picking up benches as the subject lies in the 'intimate relationship' between bench arm and human. 'People touch them with bare skin they will neve do to a stranger.' The take from the project is a new lens of perceiving mundane objects from the perspective of knowing about people's daily activities. With the spirit of detecting and spying, I also aimed to learn about how much details and hidden stories can bare themselves in the 'indirect' observation of human behavior mediated by the artifact. |
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Below is the journal demonstraing the whole process |
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