Speculative Architecture VI
LOSS OF A LEGEND - A STORY IN FRAGMENTS
Mason Gaskins
Like a book, the idea of displaying historic stories in chronological order is a traditional concept for conveying what occurred at that time. However, stories such as those that come from the Titanic disaster cannot be told in a standardized order. Each story is different but at some point, they overlap as each moment unfolded on the Titanic's first and only voyage. This artefact explores how the Titanic's story began as it journeyed from birth, to sailing, to loss.
As one interacts with the stories directed by the architecture, they should not be restricted to following a single plot line. Each story develops at a different pace and the architecture should promote this. The sinking of the Titanic was much more than just the simplified plot line most know of today. Even over a hundred years later the fragments of disaster; both physical and linguistic have a larger story to be told. In the artefact, the pages develop various paths that draw the viewer down different points of the Titanic’s timeline. Each path is overlaid with the layers of the fragments found and they are mere bits and pieces to the stories of those who survived and those that were lost.
Speculative Architecture VI
LOSS OF A LEGEND - A STORY IN FRAGMENTS
Mason Gaskins
Like a book, the idea of displaying historic stories in chronological order is a traditional concept for conveying what occurred at that time. However, stories such as those that come from the Titanic disaster cannot be told in a standardized order. Each story is different but at some point, they overlap as each moment unfolded on the Titanic's first and only voyage. This artefact explores how the Titanic's story began as it journeyed from birth, to sailing, to loss.
As one interacts with the stories directed by the architecture, they should not be restricted to following a single plot line. Each story develops at a different pace and the architecture should promote this. The sinking of the Titanic was much more than just the simplified plot line most know of today. Even over a hundred years later the fragments of disaster; both physical and linguistic have a larger story to be told. In the artefact, the pages develop various paths that draw the viewer down different points of the Titanic’s timeline. Each path is overlaid with the layers of the fragments found and they are mere bits and pieces to the stories of those who survived and those that were lost.