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BREAKING THE FIFTH WALL
EMERGING IDEAS IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN PERCEPTION, CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS.......(FOR MORE INFO PLEASE REFER TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE)
NB. The background cover image is modified by me but the original photo is courtesy of Scientific American Magazine)
2012
Design
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THE PENULTIMATE TRUTH
Sci-Fi NOVEL ADAPTATION ( WINNER OF FARLEY'S AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING FILM DESIGN, 2011)
.......CURRENTLY BEING UPDATED.......
Imagine that you are 15 year old and have never seen a minute of sunlight. Imagine that the days go by without you realizing that you’ve been living in a lie all your life. This is the case with Philip K. Dick’s futuristic, dystopian novel aboutpolitical oppression and the sinister potential of the military industrialcomplex.
This wry, paranoid interpretationimagines a future in which the Earth has been ravaged by a nuclear war, doomeduninhabitable and the last resort for mankind is to dwell in purposely builtmachines that bury themselves deep undeground for decades.
The heart of the story then depictsa future, whichdeals with deceit and convoluted reality. Thepeople are told that the war is still continuing on the irradiated surface,fought on their behalf by soldier-like robots, while they are living year afteryear in subterranean machines ( interpreted as underground pneumatic structures– mechanical equivalent of termites on a large scale). In an ongoing quest to produce more and morerobots in order to meet their daily quotaand have sufficient food and medicines, the people become slaves to theconveyor belts and to the manufactured propaganda.
2011
Architecture, Art Direction, Film
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BAFTA STAGE DESIGN
A TRIBUTE EVENT ORGANIZED BY BAFTA FOR SIR KEN ADAM, THIS WAS MY WINNING PROPOSAL FOR THE STAGE DESIGN COMPETITION, 2011.
THE MAIN IDEA IS BASED AROUND SIR KEN'S OWN STRONG VISUAL AESTHETICS BASED ON SIMPLE EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY.
THE IDEA STEMS FROM USING A HIGH RESOLUTION DIGITAL PHOTO OF A SOLAR ECLIPSE WHICH WHEN INVERTED BECOMES THE ''ESSENCE'', THE EXPOSED NEGATIVE IF YOU WILL, WHICH REVEALS ALL THE NOISE AND IMPERFECTIONS OF THE DIGITAL SENSOR AND HAS A RATHER HANDMADE AND SKETCHY FEEL TO IT. THEN AN HD ASPECT RATIO IS IMPRINTED INSIDE THE ''SUN'' (THE CIRCLE) AND HIS WORK IS DISPLAYED INSCRIBED IN THIS NEWLY CREATED VISUAL FRAME. THE AUDITORIUM'S AMBIENT LIGHT WAS COMPUTER CONTROLLED AND DIMMED USING DARK BLUE COLOUR CORRECTION FILTERS TO HELP INDUCE A MORE SUBMERGED AND IMMERSIVE FEELING TO THE PRESENTATION OF HIS WORK ON FILMS.
2011
Art Direction, Exhibition Design, Set Design
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REVOLVING
PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR GRADUATION SHORT FILM "REVOLVING",
2012, NFTS,
DIR. - GEORGE GRIGORAKIS
DOP - MATTHIAS PILZ
PRODUCER - AJAY RAY
2011
Art Direction, Film
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THE WASP FACTORY
SCREEN INTERPRETATION OF A NOVEL BY IAN BANKS
.......CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS.......
The Wasp Factory is a bizarre, unsettling, and highly original novel that has at its heart a quest for identity under the most outrageous circumstances.
Abandoned by his mother and left to his own devices by his father, Francis Cauldhame grows up on a remote island without any official registration. He stylzes himself as the ruler of the island and adheres to a self-invented warrior cult. The return of his deranged half-brother Eric triggers a series of events that finally reveal the dark family secret hidden in his father's locked laboratory.
2011
Art Direction, Film, Storytelling
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AUGMENTED IDENTITIES
IN DEVELOPMENT...
WITH THE ADVENT OF AUGMENTED REALITY, THIS PROJECT ENVISAGES A NEW APPLICATION FOR NON-SURGICAL TRANSFORMATION & AUGMENTATION OF OUR FACIAL FEATURES, POINTING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE UBIQUITOUS FUTURE PERCEPTION & PROJECTION OF OUR IDENTITY WITHIN THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT.......
NB. Female model photo courtesy of 3D.SK
2012
Virtual World Design
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SEMI-SUBMERSED AROMATHERAPY ROOMS
BEING UPDATED.......
AROMATHERAPEUTIC ROOMS, CONSTRUCTED OUT OF DECOMMISSIONED SUBMARINE BITS AND PIECES, SEMI-SUBMERSED IN THE MUD OF RIVER USK, INHABITING THE FORMER SITE OF AN ABANDONED CASTLE.......
2012
Architecture
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THE AEROPONIC AMUSEMENT PARK
.......CURRENTLY BEING UPDATED.......
2009
Architecture, Urbanism
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SPECULATIVE BODY EXTENSIONS
BEING UPDATED.......
SPECULATIVE BODY EXTENSIONS + ENVIRONMENTAL MODULATORS, (I.E. PRE-PROGRAMMED FIREFLIES)
2012
Costume Design
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CLoud POD
THE METAMORPHOSIS OF CLOUDS...... A proposed kinaesthetic inhabitable modules for future living, collectively creating a city in the sky. Their kinetic facade becomes a "living, protective skin", its changing spatial arrangement inspired by the natural movement of clouds, smoke, feathers & wings, as well as different fabric and metamorphosis that occur in nature due to drastic fluctuations in external factors, such as temperature or the phenomenon of a tornado accumulating debris and constantly changing its shape ...
2011
Architecture, Film, Urbanism
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THE ELECTRONIC PROMETHEUS
"THE ROOM THAT NEVER WAS" IS A PLAY WITH VIRTUALLY PROJECTED LIGHT ON OTHERWISE INVISIBLE BOUNDARIES, THE PHYSICAL EDGES OF THE NON-EXISTENT SPACE BECOME REVEALED ONLY THROUGH A VIRTUAL MEDIUM, SIMILAR TO THE THE EXPERIENCE OF MOVING FAST THROUGH CITY STREETS AT NIGHT, WHERE THE IDENTITY OF INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS DISSIPATES AND WHAT WE ARE LEFT OVER WITH IS A TANGO OF DANCING LIGHTS.......
2011
Film
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DATA ERROR DIGITAL FACADE
EVERY TECHNOLOGY POSSESSES ITS OWN INHERENT ERRORS AND DRAWBACKS. THIS PROJECT SPECULATES A NEW AESTHETIC, RISING OUT OF THE DIGITAL AGE, IN WHICH THE ADVENT OF PARAMETRICALLY DESIGNED AND BUILT BUILDINGS DISPLAY A FACADE, INFORMED BY THE DATA TRANSMISSION ERRORS WHICH OCCUR WITHIN THE BUILDING FABRIC. JUST LIKE IN PRESENT TIMES, IMPERFECTIONS ACHIEVED THROUGH HAND-MADE TECHNIQUES ARE VALUED MORE THAN ROBOTICIZED MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES, THIS PROJECT SPECULATES A NEAR FUTURE SCENARIO IN WHICH THE VISUAL ARTIFACTS CREATED BY ACCIDENTS IN DIGITAL MEDIA WILL BE THE NEW "RETRO". HERE, THE BUILDING'S EXTERIOR ENVELOPE BECOMES POLLUTED WITH CONSTANTLY CHANGING "LEFTOVERS" FROM THE INFORMATION THE CABLES, WALLS & COMPUTERS INSIDE THE BUILDING.
2012
Architecture, Digital Art
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UP & DOWN
"UP & DOWN" IS A HIGHLY CONCEPTUAL PROJECT WHICH PLAYS WITH THE POSSIBILITY TO CREATE ARCHITECTURAL SPACES WHICH ARE IN CONSTANT FLUX, A PRE-PROGRAMMED BUILDING MATERIAL THAT HAS INBUILT DATABASE OF ALL POSSIBLE GEOMETRIC SHAPES. DUE TO ITS FLUCTUATING NATURE THIS SPACE IS DESIGNED FOR A DREAM SEQUENCE IN WHICH THE PROTAGONIST CAN EXPERIENCE THE CHANGE SURPASSING THE PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS OF THE BODY. THE MORE ONE'S MIND MOVES FROM STAIR TO STAIR AND ROOM TO ROOM, THE MORE THE MATERIAL RESPONDS AND ALTERS THE THE SPATIAL FABRIC, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND AN ENTRANCE OR AN EXIT.......
2009
Architecture, Interior Design
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The Automatecture Complex
A spatial assembly with the intention being to self generate and expand, imitating the calcium carbonate secreted structures found in reefs, to serve as a prototype for future living around coastlines with increased danger of sea level rise.
(CURRENTLY BEING UPDATED)
2012
Sculpting
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SHIPPING CONTAINERS ACTIVISM CENTRE
.......CURRENTLY BEING UPDATED.......
HELICOPTER DELIVERED SHIPPING CONTAINERS SERVE AS TEMPORAL LIVING UNITS FOR ACTIVISTS THAT WORK & EXHIBIT THEIR PROJECTS ON THE FRONT FACADE, THAT ACTS AS A BILLBOARD WITH AN INVERTED FUNCTION, THAT IS TO SAY, INSTEAD OF ADVERTISING A SPECIFIC PRODUCT, THE BILLBOARD ADVERTISES THE ACTIVIST'S CURRENT IDEOLOGY.......
2007
Animation, Illustration
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3D PRINTING SHIPYARD
BEING UPDATED........
2012
Architecture
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BENIGN TUMOR STRUCTURES
.......CURRENTLY BEING UPDATED.......
ARCHITECTURAL STUDY OF FORM, PATTERN, REPETITION AND DETAIL IN CULTURALLY DIVERSE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES AND HYPOTHETICAL FUTURE INTERVENTIONS OF SELF-SUSTAINED KINETIC STRUCTURES ( BENIGN TUMORS ) THAT "FEED OF" KNOWLEDGE FOR STYLE & FUNCTION FROM THE HOST BUILDINGS.
THIS NEW MORPHOLOGY CONTEMPLATES THE FUTURE OF SPATIAL AESTHETICS .......
2010
Storytelling, Urbanism
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PHONE BOOTH UPGRADE
.......CURRENTLY BEING UPDATED.......
2006
Architecture, Urbanism
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CONCHOLOGICAL & COLEOPTERIC MORPHOGENESIS
Freehand Morphogenetic Abstraction
2010
Visual Arts
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WHO KNOWS - GUY DE MAUPASSANT'S SHORT STORY ADAPTATION
.......CURRENTLY BEING UPDATED.......
2010
Screenwriting, Film, Art Direction
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"PURPLE TEA" - a proposal for a feature
Thrown together by chance, an eccentric theatre actress and a nomadic schizoid girl commence a whimsical boat journey towards vengeance, for something more than just the mutilated eye of their dog.
“Purple Tea” is a movie proposal. Its genre lies closely in the allegorical satire. It is a modern fairy-tale farce, soaked in drama and suspense. It aims to entertain the audience by means of unlikely, extravagant, and improbable situations, verbal humour of varying degrees of sophistication, which do include sexual innuendo and word play, and a fast-paced plot whose speed misleadingly decreases until the final scenes. Purple tea is also a rare variety of tea grown around the ******* region in very selective gardens. Its effects, if any, are to be revealed at the end of the journey.
This is a story of benign escapism that transforms into a tale of vengeance, a story of love between two unlikely characters, excluding the act of sex but including the feeling of orgasm.
The proposal is under personal development and is not assigned to any production companies at the moment.......
The "fake" DVD cover is just a personal collage ( the photos used are modified by me but NOT mine)
2011
Film, Screenwriting, Storytelling
