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Narrative :has been developed in studio discussion and needed to be more specific with the spatial characteristic in brief. So it has been changed like this..."The warmth of the morning sunlight creates expectation for a woman waiting for her lover at their secret location."Interpretation :
Woman is waiting her lover in their secretly hidden meeting spot. The space traped by the site confines her as well and does not allow her to go out to find him. So she has to wait and wait...She stares out the window to see his coming. Her expectation grows bigger while watching his way to the room.
Model :
Two contrast concepts will be focused on the model. To show enclosed space contrast to the opened outside & cold feelings of inside space and how the warmth of sunlight could create different mood for the room.
Related to the narrative, model will have bed room for two lovers with widely opened entrance to greet her partner. It will be located partly into the slope of the hills to emphasize the trapped situation for woman and will keep the privacy for them. Window will represent her big eye that can search him and it brings the morning sunlight into the room which changes the mood by its warmth for the cold concrete room. Pathway down to the entrance would be more like tunnel and will be created complicatedly to increase tension. It is long, dark and narrow way to the room and its difficulty and taking long time would increase expection for both couples before meeting each other. However, the light still works positively in this space as well to lead the way out from this dark space.
narrative:
The morning sunlight shining into the east manor wears away woman's timidity of first day out since her heart was broken.
interpretation text:
The woman in the painting is holding clothes on her hand gazing at the outside of the window and she seem to have some expectation for outside. However, undressed state shows her hesitation with this decision. Absent of the partner in the painting adds lonely mood for the space. Since her partnet left she trapped herself in this big cold room alone. She wokes up in the morning and sun rised from the east brings light into the room warms up her body. By this her determination to go out and starting new life becomes clear and have assurance about it.
Expression on her face and her action is showing two very different emotions going on at same time which inspired me with the narrative. Contrast between coldness of the room and warmth from the light also motivated my idea towards to have two different features harmonized by the effect of the light.
Edward Hopper Morning in a city 1944 oil painting
about the painting...
"Hopper's painting also address the issue of perception. They include the viewer's eye, despite the fact that the figures appear entirely self-absorbed and unconscious of being observed. Hopper suggests that the figures we see do not realize they are seen.At the same time, they perceive things that remain hidden to us, beyond our field of view."
"Apparently awakened by the sun, they gaze musingly out the window as if wondering whether this might be the first day in a new life. Hopper's women are vurnerable, marked by dissapointment, in need of protection. Yet they still seem to harbor hopes and expectations."
phenomenal qualities: some key words...
delicate ideality confusion determination hesitation preparation
isolated enclosed unfamiliar awkard warmth depature conceal
absent independant antiquate contrast
[reference]
Schmied, Wieland Edward Hopper portraits of America (Prestel, Munich) 1995 pg74
Final Submission
scale 1:100
