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 Blanca Castañeda The Transient Gaze Espana 1999, 12' Departing from the thesis that "modern eyes move", this video explores the construction of each frame of an architectural promenade and how can the sequence be designed and anticipated. Vision in Le Corbusier's architecture is always tied to movement; the point of view in modern architecture is never fixed, but always in motion. Perception of space through the camera lens is an interpolation between the view of a perspective drawing (the existence of frame, picture plane, the necessity for composition) and the fluid movement of the naked eye. As a mediated product, film can reveal aspects of reality unattainable by the viewer of a still image or the observer of the raw physical existence. The frame is a human construct and doesn't exist in nature at all, therefore it is used here as an instrument to study the application of perspective constructs in the building subject of study. The structure of this video consists of seven sections, which investigate specific issues about the use of perspective in the building. Each section contains several sequences, most in the format of pairings -dichotomies- to make evident different modes of perception of space. Two frames of video playing parallel to each other also give the possibility of creating a third one, producing alignments and continuities or paradoxical oppositions. Blanca Castañeda was born in Veracruz, Mexico, 1971. She has studied at Texas A&M University, in 1991-92. She obtained a Bachelor of Architecture at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico in 1993 and a Master in Architecture at the Harvard University in 1999. She gained professional experience with TEN Arquitectos (Taller de Enrique Norten Arquitectos) and HOK (Helmuth, Obata & Kassabaum), in Mexico City. She won professional Awards, including a Honorary Mention in the IV Mexican Biennial of Architecture, 1996; the Architecture Award from the National Fund for the Arts and Culture in Mexico, 1996; and a Honorary Mention for the Poster Design of the XXVIII International Film Forum of the Film Institute of Mexico, 1995. Her work has been exhibited in collective and individual shows, such as "Multimedia: Classified Ads" at the Harvard Graduate School of Design;"Bilbao: Los Márgenes de la Ría" at the Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Spain; "<C> Bar" at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design; "Creación en Movimiento" at the Carrillo Gil Contemporary Art Museum in Mexico City and six other states of Mexico; "IV Mexican Biennial of Architecture" at the Federación de Colegios de Arquitectos de México and "Poster Designs" at the National Film Institute in Mexico City. She has taught at the Escola Superior d´Arquitectura; Universitat Internacional de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain and at the Instituto Veracruzano de la Cultura in Mexico. She currently lives and works in Barcelona, Spain. |
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