Pictures of both Greenwich and Woolwich tunnel have a range of colours placed on top to communicate the idea of optical illusion of different colours in a square by square format. The colours start from the centre distance point or side distance point and gradually growing bigger towards edge of the picture. The third is a over layered picture of both image together giving multiple perspective points and combining both image strong features in to one picture.    

Models of my stairs for the foot tunnel rebuild. It has the outer plastic bottle casing, wrapped inside a spiral wood piece staircase which has been glued together using the the tip of each wood.

Calm Tunnel HD (1080dpi)

In this video, it show’s a person simulating to walk through the tunnel whilst being inside. As you walk you notice the colours change as you walk further into the tunnel, changing the person mood as he or she enjoys experiencing the colours changing.

This model is shown to you using Google sketch-up which can easily obtained from the internet for free. The model is a simply rectangle boxes joint together on the tip of each other to quickly and simply make a long sequence of boxes, alternatively being a long tunnel. As you enter the tunnel at the beginning of the video, you see can instead of lights beaming the colour I have coloured panels to communicate by idea which works in the same way.

The title of my project would be called ‘The Calm Tunnel’

I have four ideas which I can easily combine or do as an single idea are:

• I will be working towards to design a new footpath reconstructing either the Greenwich or Woolwich foots paths located under the Thames.
• Create a bridge to be placed in between one of the bridges on the Thames celebrating the up coming 2012 Olympic in London.
• Recreating a section or a part of the Battersea Park turning it into a theme park or alternatively designing a park.
• Create a new type of mall being transported across the Thames calling it the ‘Ship mall’

Out of these four design ideas, I have decided to focus more on reconstructing the new Woolwich foot tunnel which directly beneath the river Thames and work toward creating a model to communicate on presenting my ideas. 

To have a successful model and project, I will be looking at a range different elements such as:

• Different artist, Architects and different photographer to influence to have a starting point.

            Looking at: Zaha Hadid, Anthony McCall, and James Terrell… 

• At the history of London and how it has changed. 
• The old maps of Thames ( where it starts and ends and how where it leads)
• Futurism
• Different light techniques using colours or ultraviolet lighting 
• Research on plant environmental friendly buildings

Also books can be used to look at the history to find a past events that has happened which could be incorporated in to the final idea.

• Research into where and how many bridges there are, if one can be replaced, demolished to create something better or creating an entirely new bridge all together placing it over the Thames.

The photographers I will be also looking at are Thomas Demand, James Casebere and Brassai. All of these photographers look at tunnel and how the light communicated the space made of explored. 

I should use a range of different range of techniques such as

• Photoshop ( Photomontage) 
• Drawings of the places visited

Also with the digital media, I should be using range materials to create models. From the simple common materials like wood, plastic, wire and hot glue to hold it place. To the more complex and expensive materials like transparent glass, foam and glass blocks.

Baring this mind, I should break everything down into small weekly tasks for me to follow as a weekly timetable.

• In week 1, I should complete the project brief and complete my research of London. I should then start my deign ideas to start on looking at contextual research
• In week 2, have fully rang of images and research on artist, designers and architects. To begin making ideas and sketches in my sketch book recording everything.
• In week 3, Start on building models communicating with the theme chosen on the project around River Thames. Adding photographs and drawings on Tumblr and annotating as I’m uploading.  
• In week 4, finish building models and painting and improving weaker models. Go back to filling sketch book with contextual .

The techniques I will use are to create photomontages to help communicate my ideas. Also to take sophisticated Photographs controlling with different lighting composition.

Also to take sophisticated Photographs controlling with different lighting composition.

Appendix can be added here:http://shahi.tumblr.com/

 http://www.greenwich-guide.org.uk/tunnel.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_foot_tunnel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolwich_foot_tunnel

http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/NR/Wandsworth/images/battmap.gif

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/n/north_woolwich/index.shtml

http://www.plantandmarineservices.com/images/map2.gif

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8628070.stm

James Casebere

http://images.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&safe=active&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=James+Casebere&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&start=0

http://mocoloco.com/art/archives/002089.php

Rodchenko

http://images.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&safe=active&tbs=isch%3A1&ei=FnXQS_nnNZj2-AbQz8HfDw&sa=X&oi=spellfullpage&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=2&q=rodchenko+olympic&spell=1&start=0

Plants research

http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/02309/GREENHOMES.htm

http://www.travelpod.com/travel-photo/2totango/2/1247601715/inside.jpg/tpod.html

http://celebrifi.com/gossip/Avatar-Plants-A-Million-Trees-Think-Of-All-The-Hair-Sex-Avatar-1964040.html

http://www.massivesoftware.com/avatar-weta-digital-massive-plants/

http://ecosma.blogspot.com/2010/01/james-camerons-avatar.html

Ultraviolet lighting

http://www.uvlightstudios.com/QuantumLyte/quantum%20lyte.html

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2009/3/review

http://www.clunk.org.uk/martins-liquid-lab-articles/tfc-uv-tubing-preview.html

http://www.xmission.com/~spl_efx/uv/uvpaint.html

Anthony McCall

http://artnews.org/gallery.php?i=2314&exi=13505

http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/street/street1-11-08_detail.asp?picnum=4

James Turrel

http://representingplace.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/images-for-discussion-jan-27/

http://www.artrabbit.com/all/events/event&event=473

http://itsourthing.net/blog/page/2/

http://www.askart.com/AskART/T/james_archie_turrell/james_archie_turrell.aspx?ID=67000

Futurism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurism

These are two of my own pictures, over layered on top of each other. One taken inside Woolwich tunnel in an angle only capturing the right side of the tunnel, whilst the image overlapped on top is a picture of my model.  The image consists of a very close shot by setting them to the focus point Marco (flower mode) to truly capture the detail and lighting reflecting the shiny surface. This also makes the object seem bigger than it already is like James Casebere and his paper model photographs. With the subject of the model, came the natural lighting in the background. So when the two images were merged together in adobe Photoshop, it seems that three different images were merged to cover three sections instead of two.

Looking at the images more in detail, it interesting to see that the orange round shape on the left hand corner, perfectly matching the perspective of the shape of the tunnel, bending like how the tunnel curves so people can enter and exit. On that transparent shape, the reflection of the light can be seen very clearly, completing the natural lighting in the background which seems to be the third image over layered. The reason why everything fits into place so easily is because the model was made in mind of for this perfect image that can be seen now in front of you. So, in my mind I had an idea how I was going to communicate my thoughts as an image and including little extra details such as transparent glass to make the light reflect. But also it was how the picture of the model, which had the bigger part of making the final picture possible. Making sure that the picture that was meant to be used the final image process was perfect. I took a several shots with different angle positions and adjustments, to get the image just right.

Close detail on ultra violet glass strips. The colours green/yellow, blue and orange are luminous and standing out to be glow in the dark.  

Here we have two pictures of very narrow and tight roads. The first picture shown is untitled by Eugene Atget being featured in the Anrold H. Crane Collection. His picture is a very low down portraying road turning towards the left which strongly shows of the houses which seem to be tall created the false sense of composition. The second picture is a road found in the middle of the way of walking on the River Thames. Instead of the road turning to the left, in this image the road has been captured being lifted as you glimpse into the distance whilst being at the bottom of the hill.

Comparing the colour, Eugene Atget image is monochrome portrait which fully complements the dark and mysterious road becoming smaller of the distance view. The subject of this image mainly seems to be of the scenery of the road and of homes but looking back at every Eugene Atget pieces of photography, he always has no people or any unwanted objects in his pictures. This really works with this photo making it creepy like a dead ghost town where there’s on one about. While in the other photo, it’s presented with full colours captured mid day on a hot sunny afternoon. Like Eugene Atget photo, it also has been taken at a low angle but being more precise of how it was taken, it a zoom close up from the other side of the road probably at 12x zoom magnification using Nikon D40 SLR camera. Which is pretty a well given shot considering on how far the lens has travelled to captured the image and still be able to record the correct colours and still be in focus. Looking more in detail of the photo now, it has a lot of unnecessary objects such as the man walking on the right walking carrying a box and the unnecessary rubbish next to him. Unlike the empty untitled photo, it has the all expected objects to be clearly seen as part of the image. Also it creates the sense of danger of how the sign of danger is presented right in front of the foreground on the left. Overall, both have a same danger like atmosphere very well picked up when looking at the two photos, being presented a portrait viewing angle adding to that sense of dark feeling. 

Comparing now more of my work with an old photographer, this image of a merry go round was taken by Eugene Atget called Carrousel featured in Arnold H. Crane Collection has many similar links to a merry go round from by the River Thames at night. The main difference is obviously that Eugene Atget photo is black and white or monochrome but looking more in to the picture, you can see that the edges have been rounded probably due to the lack of exposure when the picture was taken at the time. While the fairly recent picture, is presented in glorious colour capturing all the vibrant colours being lit with lights on the merry go round. While Eugene Atget has a pin point focus point of where and how what the image should contain, the Thames image looks like it was accidently taken when the person taken the photo wasn’t meant, accidently capturing all the wonderful colour that is presented and not having any focus point which means not controlling what is recorded in the final outcome. Now the comparing the similarities, the main obvious subject that can be seen in both pictures are the horse place quite near towards the middle which I feel that was Eugene Atget intension of the first overall impression that catches the persons eye when their look at his picture, also affect and works with my picture too. Overall, both images are landscape recording a enjoyable and happy moment in time of when being, at the fun fair and having that feeling when seeing the bright lit colours shiny off the merry go round for the first time. Having it joyous moment captured forever in both occasions, on a landscape photo to shared and remembered.  

Similar to the first archway comparison, here we have another two photographs in a similar context. In this one, it’s a photo from Eugene Atget called Porte Bandry featured in the Leland Rice Collections. Both photos share the same concept have this great big archway being shown in the middle being portrayed as the centre of attention. In Eugene Atget photo, in arch shows this tunnel to endless road which goes on and on forever nicely tucked away by a tree which covers all of the top part of the arch and seems to lead to a bridge on top of the arched tunnel. Surprisingly there is no subject of people or other objects in the foreground in the photo which is a strange concept to grasp because of so used to seeing people in our life that it seems impossible to have this long path way without a single trace of human being in sight. Which create the idea of maybe this place is a ghost town where Eugene Atget has travelled to capture this imagery of a people-less path, emphasised in this photo.

In Comparison, my photo is really close up shot of the tunnel capturing the detail of the bricks on the wall and all the details on the ground. Unlike Eugene Atget photo, the image captured is an accidently shot which has been taken without even a second through. Rather like, a point and shoot shot. Even though it has been taken this way, it seems to have great focus range, focusing on all of the photo rather than keeping the centre fully focused and slowing blurring outwards to the edge of the photo. Overall,  the two photos are in portrait orientation, allow more to be captured in a single shot than having the top or the bottom cut off whilst being in landscape.