Rope

The rope project was created in my first semester at MassArt for the Design as Experience class where I was given the task of creating an experience. For this project, we had to set aside 15 minutes a day for 14 days to document our process of constructing and deconstructing of the rope.

Process

Time and thinking became the biggest factor for me in this project. On previous projects, I had given myself smaller amounts of time to completion. Since I was still in that frame of mind, 15 minutes a day for 14 days felt way too long for me. Trying to stay within the rules of the project I decided to go with what was happening at that moment. By condensing time this process had to seen as one continuous motion. Not in a 14 day time period.

By starting to play with the rope in different positions started to loosen my creative juices. Throughout this process, I continued documenting with my camera. The rope became pliable and easy to manipulate. As I looked closer small little stands started to fall apart the more I played with it. This inspired me to start tearing the rope apart string by string. Trying to make something new by the deconstructing the fabric of the rope was a breakthrough for me and my process.

Conclusion

This was tough for me and it took a lot of thinking before acting on the doing phase of the project. I was pleased with the end product particularly given that I viewed the project as an experiment, a means for me to explore the medium and the love affair of documenting my process began.