Edited trajectories

Abstract

In every art and every discovery, experience has always preceded precepts. In the course of time, a method has been assigned to the practice of invention. Carlo Goldoni Edited Trajectories is an exploration into the immaterial components of architecture- time and space- in search of the architectonic event. This research is constructed around an exploration of little known, neglected and marginal spaces on the MIT campus. This trajectory was recorded and edited in the medium of digital video and subsequently mapped in relation to time and orthographic projections of space. The result is the isolation of three "spatial events"- temporal interventions in videographic form that mediate between physical site (topography) and performance of site (trajectory) and which could serve as the foundation for architectural design. These interventions were achieved through graphic transcription and physical modeling and ultimately translated back into the medium of video. The goal of this research is to investigate the possibilities of video as a temporal and subjective method of space making.