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St. James Park
an integration…
Goal
“Connect the community of St. James Park with its immense and important histories by
continuing it with their own histories, through the means of multimedia archiving systems
that allow them to tell their histories via text, video or audio. These provided histories will be integrated with that of the 'established' histories of the park and displayed amongst
the park's elements themselves.”
Investigation
What stories or history does the park have to “tell” today?
- PEOPLE have stories- PLACES have stories
Both are SITE SPECIFIC
Site specific explication in real-time produces knowledge.
Integration
How do we integrate into the space, without complete disruption of its current dynamic?
Work with the PRESENT physical infrastructure–- Small -
benches, light posts, trashcans, trees, boundaries- Large -
VTA stations, fountain, monuments, playground, heritage trees, paths, urban landscape
Possibilities to execute explication
People in places.Physical presence.
mobile devices
Social networks
Online archived “knowledge”
Gears of the System
People – an urban park is a place for people. Without the people, what would this place be?
Location – historically charged, downtown, transportation hub, surrounded by important buildings.
Statues / Monuments – these elements confront the historical quality of the park.
Infrastructure housing technology – the ability to contain information with technology / archived
Virtual World – Internet presence/ via “social network”
ST. JAMES PARK
people
infrastructure Online presence
politics
VTA
monumentstrees
“Master Plan”
City of San Jose
benches
lamps
electricity
Historical buildings
National Register of Historic Places
California Historical District
yelp
Gowalla
foursquare
integration
pathways
Urban landscape
“hub”
archival
First Church of Christ Science
Post Office
Court HouseTrinity Episcopal Church
Unitarian Church
Scottish Rite Temple
Saint Claire Club Elks Lodge
McKinleyKennedyNagleefountain
commuters Business owners
lawyershomeless
Visitors/touristsCourt attendees
Post office users
Church go-ers
Process
.1. Establish key spots to place “stations” that encourage real-time feedback in these contexts :
- TEXT (similar to a “tweet”)
- VLOG (video blog)
- AUDIO (hotline , broadcasted via web).2. Feedback will be circulated via Internet
- website will host incoming “knowledge”- continually updated / archived day-to-day- update “live” & “lighted” features in park
Process cont…
.3. Gathered knowledge combined with previous knowledge will be archived together.
.4. The knowledge will be articulated to the public through an archived & interactive website, and translated through public display.
.5. Stations will serve as the “gatherers” as well as an interactive feature. Brings “personal connection” to another level by actually leaving a “piece” behind.
Process cont…
.6. Web site provides 24 hour access.
.7. Awaken the park at night with “knowledge displaying” benches, audio, and projection.- a safe “night in the park” could be a way to change perspectives of the park- lights bring comfort on an “urban night”- illuminated benches, audio whispers, ticker-tape text, historical projections
St. James at night?
Illuminatedbenches,
displayingvideo and textsgathered from the stations in
a ticker-tape fashion as a live
feedback
Imagine……
Projection on a historic building-Church of ChristScience? empty,available, agenda?
The elm trees whisperyou recollections gathered at the stations,likely audio collections.
INSPIRATION …
Interaction with & within community: feedback stations
SITE SPECIFIC
Challenged by environment
Interactive “button”
feature
Shona Kitchen :DATANATURE
INSPIRATION
Mongrel :TextFM
Text interpretation
INSPIRATION
Kate Procrass :MUNDANE JOURNEY’S
“mundane” inspirationsfuel a directional tour guided by the artist via her hotline
Public art?
Archives personal interpretation of space, through a “poetic” experience
Online archive reflects aesthetics
of a journal.
Call hotline415-364-7465
Proto – testing
1st St. VTA station
THESE LOCATIONS
EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY TO
INTEGRATE INTO A SPACE
THAT ALREADY HAS ELECTRICAL
HOOKUPS.
EXECUTE A “MANUAL” STATION AT 2 LOCATIONS
Fountain