After conducting my intervention/experiment I planned how to layout and display my documentation. I had originally thought about approaching it in the manner of a timeline but after conducting the intervention, I learnt that the outcome was less about what happened along a timeline and more about how different the results were from what I had predicted and planned for. Because the outcome was so drastically opposite to what I had expected, this became my focal point of this investigation of the intervention through documentation. I was fascinated with how different the theory and practice were from each other even with the physicality of the space and intervention being the same. I decided that this was the most important aspect of my intervention to document.
I decided I wanted to continue to use my abstract visual style from Part I to show a correlation between the ideas present in my work now and those I explored through my previous documentation. Focusing on the concept of difference between theory and practice, I drew some visual concept ideas (below).
Plan 1 
Plan 2 
Plan 3 
Plan 4
I decided on Plan 4 as a guide for my documentation. It explains the difference in movement and behavior of the pedestrians in theory and practice around my intervention in simplistic and abstract visual terms through thoughtful linework.
I have decided that having one large visual document keeps within my idea of simplicity and creates more focus on the main idea, the result of my intervention/experiment. I want this document to be attached to the walls of studio and act as an artwork in a gallery space. This will be accompanied by a chalk circle on the floor in front of it. This idea will reiterate the ideas of conformity in my work (whether people will position themselves within the circle to read my work) and also experiment as this designed artifact questions the human behavior in relation to it.
I have decided to revisit some visual language from my proposal in my documentation. I want to use black card as this will not only make my visual choices on the document stand out, but will also allow the document itself to stand out against the white wall, drawing attention to its shape and therefore in traditional terms of a gallery, its context. I have also decided to continue the use of textural aspects for the circles. I considered using chalk or, a concrete rubbing similar of that to my proposal but decided on using small stones to create a more tactile surface. This decision was also based on the fact that it created further depth in my designed artifact context of a gallery space. Creating such a tactile surface creates intrigue in the texture and feel. Traditionally in a gallery space, touching the art is not allowed. This textured surface which encourages touch will challenge peoples’ conformity to the rules. This, again like the chalk circle, is an experiment/intervention in its self. My designed artifact is the space in which I will create and it itself is an intervention/experiment on human movement, reaction and behavior.
Before working on my visual document, I wanted to experiment and try some things before I committed to the final piece. The bellow image shows three different type of glues I tried when attaching the stones to the page and their results. I used small stones from a path in my garden because I wanted to create a more subtle texture than that if I had attached larger stones. I applied modelling glue, craft glue and general-purpose glues to a painted piece of card and sprinkled on some stones before pushing them into the glue. After waiting for the glue to dry, I picked up the page and shook it to allow any excess stones to fall off. From here I used white paint to dry brush over the stones to assess the effect it created. Although I liked the effect, I would later come to find that the plain stone would create enough textural impact for this piece. I decided that the craft glue work the best because it allowed me to apply a thick layer, it dried clear, held the stones the best, and had good flexibility as the paper moved and bent.
From here, I moved onto the linework of the visual document. I decided to use acrylic paint as it not only allowed me to create crisp lines against the black card but it also reiterates the idea of applying a medium to a surface. My intervention was created by applying chalk to the concrete surface of the pavement creating a temporary alteration to a surface through application. The chalk sat on top of the concrete rather than it being the concrete. By applying paint to the black card, I create this similar effect. As the linework shows the movement of pedestrians, I wanted to articulate this through color choice. Relating to the context of my social space, I decided to use a green to indicate the path of movement and red to indicate the position of stationary moments. I created a colour palette to get an idea of how light/dark/vibrant to make the colors and see how they sit together.
With all of this I created the visual document on an A2 piece of black card (below).
Spatial Design by Ciara 