tricia mclaughlin
patri@rcn.com

ANIMATION

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VILLA SAVOYE (machine for living in)

Based on the use of self-replicating materials used in Nanoarchitecture Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye’s own shadow tramples on the building, pushing out pink innards. These breathing blobs also stick to the shadow “monster”, adding to the changing form of the structure. In this animation the “machine for living in” is now a living machine. 2:00 min., 2007

BORDER DISPUTE HOTEL

Two grass monsters fight over the placement of the river border. Their fight is solidified into a hotel. Don't forget your passport. The fighting keeps moving the rooms to different sides of the border. Stop motion animation. 5:00 min., 2007

THE NAZCA LINES EXPLAINED

Up until the making of this animation the phenomenon of the Nazca Lines in Peru could never be explained. How did these huge drawings in the earth get there, especially since they were created well before the invention of aviation? Perhaps some enormous creatures had a better vantage point for playing their games. As the title suggests, the mystery is finally revealed. 2:00 min., 2005

 

MUSICAL TOILET/SINK COMBOS
This single unit combines the toilet with the sink. Waste and wash are neatly accessible in one place. Since two people could utilize the combo at the same time it could also serve well for a communal bathroom, should anyone ever want that. In this animation the units are set up like musical chairs. When the music stops the person must also stop and utilize whatever they find by their side. 3:00 min., 2001.
BUNGEE BLAST
An amusement park ride is redesigned with Bungee cords and superimposed on to video footage from an actual amusement park. The new 3D design alters a familiar situation and as the ride smashes into the edge of the screen makes for some fatal fun. 00:40 sec., 2001
BOATEL
Each room in the Boatel has its own private entrance with a key dispenser to give the visitor a key to a specific room. Like most motels, every room is the same. These rooms are of a semi-circular or half inner tube design that float and also create a continuous loop. The bed of a single occupancy room is really part of a double occupancy room; the bathroom is shared; the toilet of one room is next to the bathtub of the next room. Each individual room is actually connected to the rest of the Boatel by shared necessities. The animation takes the viewer inside this space. 3:00 min., 2000.
the U ROW HOUSE
THE U ROW HOUSE is a 3D animation based on the design of housing units that have no floor. Instead the occupant has to swim 500 feet from their bed to their kitchen and another 500 feet to the toilet. The units fit together to cross bodies of water and join land masses. The animation of the U Row House puts the viewer inside the space to get a sense of the life in this ridiculous kind of existence. 2:30 min., 2000.
HOMESTEADING (dérive style)
Hefty Man and Slender Woman (3-D animation characters taken from the InfiniD software package) are friends. Slender Woman is a civil engineer and Hefty Man is an architect. This is their chance to create their own environment working with a pristine, uninhabited one on video footage of noodles, broccoli, salad and the base of a man’s penis (phallic architecture gone soft). 3:42 min, 2000.
LIVE WELL, EAT BETTER
Strings of ground meat begin to construct their own architecture. As the meat cooks characters come jumping out, just before the hamburger is eaten. 5:30 min., 2000.
BACK and FORTH
Randomly thrown rocks establish the terrain for social communities. Using stop-frame animation the car creates the road that structures the placement of the rubber stamp houses. The houses continue to build up until they obliterate themselves into their own negative image. 3:00 min., 1999.