Based on Colomina’s (2019) “X-Ray Architecture” concept, I have drawn on the form of X-ray images to simulate how a scanner “sees” a building in a strange, fragmented manner. Inspired by Cullen’s (1961) “Serial Vision,” I transformed isolated slices and local defects from the scanned models to a chaotic yet unified entity, guiding the audience to reconsider the continuity and solidity of architectural space.
In comparing mechanical vision and human vision throughout three stages – from initially questioning what transparency hides, to discovering “defects”, to categorizing through theory and final visual narrative – I question how technology affects our eyes and who is allowed to be seen. As a result, I adopt visual defects from the 3D scanning medium, as creative visual tools, into a new way of seeing and questioning.
Colomina, B. (2019) X-Ray Architecture. Zurich: Lars Müller Publishers.
Cullen, G. (1961) The Concise Townscape. London: Architectural Press.