Friday, February 3, 2012

Typographic Experiments


Experiment 1

My first proposed experiment is concerned with the relation between the different masses of letterforms as they hit different surfaces. Could the sounds from the different masses be unique enough that when strung together they create some sort of message or emphasis? Could alternating the rhythm or creating capital sounds give new meaning? I am also interested in audience reaction and whether or not in a public area the sounds would be noticed.

Experiment 2
This experiment stemmed from an idea I had foundation year about forcing a viewer to look through a lens that distorts their visual perception. Integrating type into this I thought of adding another distortion through a floating typographic layer on pieces of transparency.  This initially started, as putting a layer of transparency in the tunnel of a door peephole as they separate and it would be easy to test with. This experiment would also work with cameras, either having the transparency inside the camera or in front of the lens.

Experiment 3
My final experiment is concerned with the reveal of information from an original view that has no message. The tool I first thought of for this exploration would be a stereoscope where the difference between the two images would be minimal movement but would show a contrasting and fulfilling second view. 

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