“A CONSTRUCTION SITE”
Spatial Connectivity: Visual and Historical
Sites of connectivity: Widemouth Bay Cliffs and Stowe Barton House
Location: Bude, Cornwall
Visual Connectivity: The power of an image and its ability to distort realities can generate new outcomes and knowledge. For example, connecting (through visual collage) the rigid cliff site with the construction site of an old heritage house creates an illusion where the cliff is almost part of the construction site and is actually a part of the house, which is also made out of stone.
Historical Connectivity: The old Stowe Barton House is not only spatially and visually connected to its surroundings but is also undergoing renovation. Originally built in 1679 and home to many generations, the house is being restored primarily with slate, a material well-suited for roofing and structural elements. Bude is abundant in slate, with deposits even embedded in the coastal cliffs, such as those at Widemouth Bay. Additional slate for the renovation was also sourced from a nearby quarry in Bude.
“A CURVE”
Spatial Connectivity: Visual
Sites of connectivity: Widemouth Bay Cliffs and locations around Bude central/Canal
Location: Bude, Cornwall
Visual Connectivity: An image holds the power to reshape reality, opening possibilities for new interpretations and knowledge. For instance, creating visual collages that link rigid cliff faces with other sites sharing similar forms can generate fresh perspectives on space and structure. By connecting different environments through their shapes, from the cracks in a mountain to the intricate patterns of tree branches, a continuous curve emerges. Such juxtapositions reveal how diverse locations can transform our understanding of familiar elements, offering an alternative way of seeing.
“A HOUSE”
Spatial Connectivity: Visual and Physical
Sites of connectivity: Widemouth Bay Cliffs and Stowe Barton House
Location: Bude, Cornwall
Visual Connectivity: An image has the power to distort reality, producing new insights and possibilities. For instance, a visual collage that links the construction site of an old heritage house with the abandoned army house on the airfield creates the illusion of two buildings merging into one, bridging different time periods and forming new ways of construction possibilities and ideas.
Physical Connectivity: Although situated in completely opposite locations, the visual collage conveys the essence of a single house. It represents a dwelling across two sites while also revealing the passage of time. In this instance, the juxtaposition of the house in different temporal states produces new knowledge about aging and decay. The collage retains the house’s fundamental structure through the recurring image of the door—still intact in one picture, yet collapsed in the other. By physically comparing features of two separate entities, new understandings can emerge