The Art of Destruction
Destruction as a theme has been used in art for centuries. It shows itself to be a vital aspect of movie Fight Club in particular. It could be argued that all members of fight club are anarchists and yearn for destruction, out of dissatisfaction with their everyday lives. So, we decided to implement this subject into our artefact as it is such an important part of the movie. This meant that we would have to research how things can be destroyed in different ways, and look at artists who use destruction in their art.
One artist's that I found to be quite relevant to this theme was that of Jeff Wall. This photograph of a destroyed room really influenced what I envisaged our scene looking like. It's completely chaotic in structure and looks like a set with only 3 walls. The scene is set up so that the viewer is left wondering what caused such destruction. I thought that if we could mimic this notion by freezing the apartment scene mid-destruction, it would give our audience a similar sense of ambiguity. Therefore, I began to look into demolition tutorials in Maya.
I tried experimenting with nCloth and carried out a few demolition exercises. These turned out to be really effective so I decided to apply them to my own model of the dining table and chairs as an example to show to the group. The smashing effect looked quite nice on materials such as wood and glass. I was thinking that if we demolished some of our models and then deleted the history of the objects, we could then use them as simple broken objects in the final destroyed scene.
One artist's that I found to be quite relevant to this theme was that of Jeff Wall. This photograph of a destroyed room really influenced what I envisaged our scene looking like. It's completely chaotic in structure and looks like a set with only 3 walls. The scene is set up so that the viewer is left wondering what caused such destruction. I thought that if we could mimic this notion by freezing the apartment scene mid-destruction, it would give our audience a similar sense of ambiguity. Therefore, I began to look into demolition tutorials in Maya.
Jeff Wall
The Destroyed Room 1978
Transparency in lightbox 1590 x 2340 mm
Cinematographic photograph
The Destroyed Room 1978
Transparency in lightbox 1590 x 2340 mm
Cinematographic photograph
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
www.tate.org.uk
I tried experimenting with nCloth and carried out a few demolition exercises. These turned out to be really effective so I decided to apply them to my own model of the dining table and chairs as an example to show to the group. The smashing effect looked quite nice on materials such as wood and glass. I was thinking that if we demolished some of our models and then deleted the history of the objects, we could then use them as simple broken objects in the final destroyed scene.
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