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| the track at the top of the ladder |
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| track continue |
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| i found a little friend on the walk in this week! |
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| gorge side of the track |
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| view of my chosen location from the edge of the flat |
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| walking down the ladder |
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| walking down the ladder to the power station |
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
Photos of my location and the walk to get there
Thursday, 23 July 2015
Reflection on Man on Wire by Philippe Petit
Reflection of Philippe Petit's Man on Wire
This was the 1974 performance in which Petit walked a single wire line between the top of the twin towers of the world trade centre. The other work of his we looked at was the walk he did on a line across the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. So the task is to imagine a similar wire walk within the space we have chosen for our journal.
My space?- Will be the amazingly beautiful flats at the top of the Penstock Ladder. I do realise that the teacher specifically said to choose an easily accessible place whether in public or in the privacy of your own home. BUT I chose to ignore this because as soon as we were told to choose a place my mind went to the beauty of these flats and the sense of peace I feel when I visit them. Although this place is public, it is rare to cross paths with people up here. Most of the people that do the Duck Reach circuit don't stray from the main path so the flats at the top of the very steep ladder are often so deserted that it feels like a private place. This place involves a pretty hard trek to get to but that is another reason I chose it- the beauty of exercise! The effort of actually getting to this place makes it all the more worth the experience and not to mention, its good for you. To actually get to this place you can only go two ways, both of which include walking up very steep and rocky inclines and no matter which way I go, by the time I get to the flats, the effort to do so has already cleared my mind and put me in a happier mood which I find helps a lot with getting my creativity flowing which is what i'll need for these journal posts.
So back to the task at hand- To imagine a cable walk in this setting. The most obvious way to do this in such a natural setting is from one tree to another. This flat has a line of trees around the edge and I can see the line running from one to another, creating the obstacle of getting around each tree to get to the next part of the line. I don't think height would actually be needed in this installation, I think it would be more beneficial to have the line only about 30cm off the ground, to give the sense of a person (or even numerous people) floating just off the ground. This sort of gets at the sense of otherworldly experience I feel when i'm in this space and using the work to represent this.
This work would differ a lot from Petit's with its intended outcome. Petit chooses highly populated areas to add to the risk and shock factor of his performance. These factors as well as the fact that it is done without permission, give it a sense of danger and excitement. The same sort of installation in a site such as my chosen one would change it from a performance like Petit's to something closer to a participatory work. a public place, accessible by most, in a naturally relaxed setting.
This was the 1974 performance in which Petit walked a single wire line between the top of the twin towers of the world trade centre. The other work of his we looked at was the walk he did on a line across the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. So the task is to imagine a similar wire walk within the space we have chosen for our journal.
My space?- Will be the amazingly beautiful flats at the top of the Penstock Ladder. I do realise that the teacher specifically said to choose an easily accessible place whether in public or in the privacy of your own home. BUT I chose to ignore this because as soon as we were told to choose a place my mind went to the beauty of these flats and the sense of peace I feel when I visit them. Although this place is public, it is rare to cross paths with people up here. Most of the people that do the Duck Reach circuit don't stray from the main path so the flats at the top of the very steep ladder are often so deserted that it feels like a private place. This place involves a pretty hard trek to get to but that is another reason I chose it- the beauty of exercise! The effort of actually getting to this place makes it all the more worth the experience and not to mention, its good for you. To actually get to this place you can only go two ways, both of which include walking up very steep and rocky inclines and no matter which way I go, by the time I get to the flats, the effort to do so has already cleared my mind and put me in a happier mood which I find helps a lot with getting my creativity flowing which is what i'll need for these journal posts.
So back to the task at hand- To imagine a cable walk in this setting. The most obvious way to do this in such a natural setting is from one tree to another. This flat has a line of trees around the edge and I can see the line running from one to another, creating the obstacle of getting around each tree to get to the next part of the line. I don't think height would actually be needed in this installation, I think it would be more beneficial to have the line only about 30cm off the ground, to give the sense of a person (or even numerous people) floating just off the ground. This sort of gets at the sense of otherworldly experience I feel when i'm in this space and using the work to represent this.
This work would differ a lot from Petit's with its intended outcome. Petit chooses highly populated areas to add to the risk and shock factor of his performance. These factors as well as the fact that it is done without permission, give it a sense of danger and excitement. The same sort of installation in a site such as my chosen one would change it from a performance like Petit's to something closer to a participatory work. a public place, accessible by most, in a naturally relaxed setting.
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