M.G.research and experimentation

Monday, 9 February 2009

Chili Moon Town

Title - Chili Moon Town
Artist's - Anna Galtarossa and Daniel Gonzalez
Location - Chapultepec Park, Mexico City
Date - April 2007
Materials - 10-ton steel structure, printed and decorated vinyl, 90 plastic barrels.
Size - approximately 26 x 26 ft base - 29 ft height

Chili Moon Town is a utopian floating city of dreams that knows no boundaries. It is born as a free city without frontiers. It doesn’t make its inhabitants migrate but it migrates itself. It is a metropolis with futuristic hand made skyscrapers. Chili Moon Town Tour is an archetype of the fable without a moral, like a child’s tree house: a magical hideout for private experiences.

My work doesn't have to be a castle to display fantastical concepts. experiment with other den-like structures?

Tuesday, 3 February 2009

Panel Bridge

During the exploration of this particular building i located this room, large and broad with two stages at opposite ends, possibly a dinning, or entertainment area in its former use, now littered with piles of dust, ceiling plaster, broken ornaments, general industrial waste, used mattresses and sheets. on contemplating what to construct in this area which i found interesting, i concluded to discover a solution to connect the two stages continuously. firstly i cleared the space, then i transported a relevant quantity of fiberglass panels i had discovered a few rooms previous into place at one end of the room, before proceeding to construct what became 'Panel Bridge'.

Beam Tower

As in some cases, when i enter a premises, the initial concern is to search the immediate environment checking it is clear for me to begin construction, and secondly to search and locate relevant materials. sometimes i will find a location completely barren and clear of any required resources, in these circumstances i will use anything available to create some experimental architecture. as was the case with this specific installation.