INTERACTIVE PHOTO PAVILIONS
Michael Jantzen
© 2015
Photo Pavilions merge interactive architecture and photography. The series presently consists of three large prefabricated pavilions each of which is made up of a number of foldable panels hinged to a support frame. All of the panels can be left in their original cube or rectangular forms, or hinged out and fragmented into many different configurations. All of the folding panels are laminated on both sides with photos.
The Broken Sky Pavilion’s panels are covered on both sides with photos of the sky that allow visitors to create their own interpretation of the real sky by folding the panels into different fragmented versions.
The Self Portrayal Pavilion’s panels are covered on both sides with images of every side of my head in the proper orientation. The photos can be left in the original cube formation, and/or fragmented into many different versions of me. The Self Portrayal pavilion allows visitors to actually walk into my head.
The Folding Landscape Pavilion has photos laminated onto its panels that were taken on a specific spot in New Mexico. The landscape photos were taken on that spot from every direction including straight up, and straight down. The prefabricated pavilion was then installed on the same spot from where the original photos were taken. Unlike mirrored panels that would reflect the surroundings in real time, the photos fix the surrounding landscape in time. As a result, an interesting contrast is established between the pavilion and the changing real landscape, day, night, weather, seasons, etc. In this case, the floor has also been laminated with photos of the ground before the pavilion was installed.
Status: Unbuilt
