Halsey Rodman

Projects
  1. Metronomes

  2. I Am Thinking of a Reverse Sunset
  3. Gradually/We Became Aware/Of a Hum in the Room
  4. Sometimes it is a Murmur, Sometimes it is a Pulse
  5. CC22 @ White Columns*** 
  6. THE ROCK*
  7. International Space Station**
  8. The Moon Bar

  9. The Wind at Night

  10. Triple Trouble

  11. Cave System or Ear Canal

  12. Towards the Possibility of Existing in Three Places at Once

  13. The Wolves from Three Angles

  14. It’s Not Getting Bigger You’re Getting Closer

  15. The Birds

  16. The Navigator

  17. Clouds

  18. The Navigators’ Quarters Must Not Be Disturbed


* with Pam Lins and approximately 24 named and anonymous contributors
** with Pam Lins, Trisha Baga, and 140 contributors
*** with
Ceramics Club

Contact/CV
Mark

Gradually/We Became Aware/of a Hum in the Room

A pavilion in the desert near Joshua Tree,CA. The modular structure is designed for two possible states: as shown, it is a triangular building containing three identical rooms; in the future it can be reassembled inside-out in another location with the exterior walls facing in and rooms surrounding.


The structure combines three frames of reference: the view of the building in the landscape, the view of the landscape from the building, and the tripled experience of the inside of the building. As such, it becomes a concrete model of our experience at the over-lap between seeing and being seen.
    




Though the three interior rooms are separate and can only be entered and exited through the round exterior portals, the structure is completely permeable to its surround: a constant wind blows through and the portals form spotlights that traverse the interior as the sun arcs across the sky.

The time of day, weather, and orientation of the structure as a whole in relation to the landscape affect the ambience of each room. The tripled rooms are wavering constants against which to measure the variations of surrounding conditions, particularly the position of the sun.






Links:
<<PDF: An Account of Phase One & A Proposal for Phase Two>>
<<Sometimes it is a Murmur, Sometimes it is a Pulse (includes directions)>>
<<Halsey Rodman by Ulrike Müller, Bomb Magazine>>
<<An Artist’s Dueling Landscapes by Kareem Estefan, T Magazine>>
<<Halsey Rodman by Laura Raskin, Architectural Record>>
Mark