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Permanent Temporality

Date

2021

This experimental wayfinding project centres around the journey of moving homes during a turbulent time. The narrative is conceptually driven by the paradoxical binary of permanent temporality, inspired by the surrounding areas permanent state of temporary rental living, and the more philosophical and existential narrative about the fleeting nature of life, memories and moments. This is ironically a permanently inescapable fact of life. The primary features of this idea is visually manifested through temporary and permanent design styles and installation access.

The typographically driven design system guides those unaware the starting home has been vacated, towards the new home, answering questions of how far, and where through an instructional publication and sensor activated graphic installations on boxes, doors and lampposts all exclusively accessed at night.

The visual language is defined by its grungy tactical feel, achieved through scanning, collaging and photoshop distortion. The visual system mobilises key items associated with moving and have symbolic meanings of severing, distance and time.

The route

It begins in Kingsford and ends in Chippendale, with six encounter spots that navigate you along five streets. The route which mobilises street lamps as a primary form of wayfinding, can thus only be followed at night. The route is designed to be followed on foot.

The book, which is found at the beginning of the system, acts as an accompanying guide to the physical interventions. The poetic instructions assist the means of navigation. Signalled by the letter title pages, the allusive, riddle like cues, correspond to each other doors and boxes.

The designed boxes harness the symbolism of moving to create graphic interventions at decision points. The use of a single letter and obscure word entice curiousity towards where to go next. Further they function as an interactive element. The open lids invite inspection, allowing those who are curious enough to discover objects within. Inspired by the concept of public book exchanges, the boxes function as a public exchange of items, people can either take or contribute too. It alludes to the idea of objects left behind when moving. Prompting the thoughts of what is important and what is not.

Harnessing the existing features of the street, the trail is projected via street lamps.The light trail functions along the streets in between the boxes and doors. Acting as a guide, a trail of tire marks line the streets, the more defined the trail becomes, the closer the audience knows they are. Further, they are sensor operated, however instead of turning on when under, they turn off, meaning the audience is always in constant end pursuit of the light.

Encounter 1.1

The doors are utilised at the beginning and end of the wayfinding system, the repeated use of which creates a cyclical feeling. Further, the symbolism of function as an opening and closing, emulates a binary of being welcomed and farewelled. The graphic treatment is projected on to the door via the sensor light. Meaning it is only viewable in the evening upon approach.

Encounter 1.2

Encounter 1.3

Encounter 2

Encounter 2.1

Encounter 2.2

Encounter 3

Encounter 3.1

Encounter 3.2

Encounter 4

Encounter 4.1

Encounter 4.2

Encounter 5

Encounter 5.1

Encounter 5.2

Encounter 6

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