Threshold - video editing...

My project has now morphed into a video editing education for me...

"Threshold" = transition zone, merge of 2 places, point of balance before entering one place or another

• the point at which my awareness of the 'outside world' (vastly different from student life) and 'design studio world' is in balance - just before one or the other takes over.
• represented by the doors between the courtyard and the foyer area containing the lift/doors to stairs/doors to student centre/door to studio - the glass separating in from out.

Rationale for location: this is where I often collect my thoughts then empty them like the cup of tea analogy from the trashcan project. I come into the studio from this direction (not the student centre).

The reflections in the doors remind me of where I've come from and the action of opening the doors breaks this reflection - shatters it - and takes me to the place I'm going to.

I'll be experimenting with the idea of projections of a live video feed onto the glass doors using high tech surfaces (see Technology page):

1. Where I've Been - to represent moving away from this to something new

• (coming in): trees in the courtyard, the calmness outside, an image of me walking away from this, or,
• (going out): images of the studio, the busy activity, the concentration of people working, eating, talking, lots of movement, an image of me walking away from this

2. Where I'm Going - to encourage an awareness of where I'm about to be, and get me in the correct frame of mind for this

• (coming in): images of what's going on in the studio
• (going out): images of the outside, the weather, the trees etc

3. Merging of these (where I'm going/where I've been)
4. Adding in some still images from the initial investigations of 'merge' with carpet/resin

I'll create some video images of these ideas and see what works best in terms of representing the initial Threshold idea.