THE APPARATUS
(a description of the "Creativity Studio" at NCSU's Hunt Library)
"Method of the project: literary montage, I needn’t say anything. Merely show. I shall purloin no valuables, appropriate no ingenious formulations. But the rags, the refuse—these I will not inventory but allow, in the only way possible, to come into their own: by making use of them." - Walter Benjamin
APPARATUS SLIDESHOW
More Photographs of the Apparatus
Above, the Creativity Studio is pictured as it was first encountered.
The above images and specifications were taken from NCSU's information website for the Creativity Studio available at https://magnolia.lib.ncsu.edu/tech_specs/?room=crn
Above, NCSU's Standard Configuration is pictured. Panels are typically stored providing the most amount of open space. The studio has various furnishings, among them several chairs and tables.
Configuration from 1-4PM on April 5, 2014
Configuration on April 5, 2014
In the final configuration, the panels were arranged so that the four glass panels would align in a staggered fashion, connecting the two rooms in the same way the Parisian passages--arcades--connected otherwise separated parts of the city.
Both doors were left open during the exhibit so as to vary the order in which participants would experience the flow of text.
The swiveling doors adjoining the two rooms were aimed at the Southern corners. If aligned in this manner, both sides of the doors became illuminated, as well as the East and West walls in the South studio. If the swiveling doors were aligned with the Northern corners, the East and West walls in the North studio would be illuminated.
I chose to illuminate the Southwest and Southeast walls because there were already 4 TVs on the Northwest and Northeast walls.
Panels were arranged in front of the South and North walls so as to break up the texts and images, accentuating and modifying their content through the geometry of optics.
Both doors were left open during the exhibit so as to vary the order in which participants would experience the flow of text.
The swiveling doors adjoining the two rooms were aimed at the Southern corners. If aligned in this manner, both sides of the doors became illuminated, as well as the East and West walls in the South studio. If the swiveling doors were aligned with the Northern corners, the East and West walls in the North studio would be illuminated.
I chose to illuminate the Southwest and Southeast walls because there were already 4 TVs on the Northwest and Northeast walls.
Panels were arranged in front of the South and North walls so as to break up the texts and images, accentuating and modifying their content through the geometry of optics.
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