Hyp(er)_Vyp(r) ®
The Nazca Hyp(er)_Vyp(r) ® Observation Tower proposes to construct a new
architectural agenda for experiencing the enormous landscape of alien drawings.
It is this project’s intention to use this agenda as a way for man to
use his technology to embrace the anthropological phenomenon here and to reconnect
to the essence of nature once again. The desert surface geo-glyphs have become
educational diversions now, but can also serve as a coordinate system to communicate
with the unidentified and mysterious forms of life outside our own. The tri-partite
hybrid intervention transplants users into an inspection that displaces modern
space and time. It allows visitors to immediately embrace the historical inscriptions
at multiple scale readings potentially in order of magnitude or more. The
tower traces the embedded etchings as if they were analogous to individual
moments of DRAFTing. The hovering tower operates as a memory, recording, and
measuring instrument with the capacity to turn the observer into occupier
and participant. The retractable mobile tower project signifies freedom from
an absolute set of visual boundaries and extends without restriction. The
open performance of the design initiates a machine logic and philosophy as
an operational strategy, but focuses on the phenomenological and ephemeral
qualities of the drawings as the primary way to evoke Mans’ comprehension
of these anthropological masterpieces.
The Hyp(er)_Vyp(r) ® physically and viscerally uncoils itself as a way
to navigate a collective audience and implant a superimposed memory of how
and where these drawings came from. By erasing the singular viewpoint, the
new tower offers unlimited spatial configuration within the shifting horizon
while delivering an enlightened human perspective. The intention is to take
the spectator to the object of study without harming or damaging the process
or means. In addition to the Tower the project also contains the ARMature.
The trajectory of the ARMature scans then traces the drawings based on user
input and special interest. The ARMature, in concert with the Tower, creates
shifting zones where the relationship between space and time is integrated
with the spirit of the Nazca and their relationship with the Earth through
movement along or around the drawings. Dynamic intervals of spirit, place,
and event allow a re-engagement with the unknown and foster an education into
the understanding of natural space
Year : 2005
Location : Los Angeles, CA, USA
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