• What is the focus of your project in relation to the cinematic spaces brief?
  The focus of my project is to create a relation between like the hidden/blurred to what’s really there.
• What do you know about your project, and how are you going to articulate that?
  I wish to put the viewers into the perspective of one impairment, 1 out of 4 New Zealanders are reported to have a disability- whether it be physical, sensory, learning, mental health, or their impairments. I hope to target these aspects to create a more inviting space for those or allow the other 3/4 to go through this journey.
• What is your key relation to the site?
  
• What specific community is your design proposal in service of?
  My design proposal is in favour of the disabled/impaired community. More specifically – hearing-impaired.
• How did your cinematic device document the site?
  My cinematic device documented the space in a mirrored/distorted way and/or blurred/hidden.
• And how did you respond insightfully to those findings?
  My documentation managed to merge different sections into one, making it easier to relate different aspects to one and bringing them together.
• What are the key thresholds/scene transitions in your proposal?
  
• And how do these relate to cinematic scene transitions?
  
• How does your proposed design activate the site as a public space?
  
• How are you exploring surface conditions as an integral part of your design?
  I am using existing and/or pre-existing materials or formations in my design.
• What has emerged from your material and design processes?
  When I started out the surface design process I was trying to follow my idea of having blurring or distortion. As I developed further started to notice aspects in it to create something new, however, it was a coincidence it really reflected the site and my core ideas, so I was able to incorporate it well.

This was my introduction to my third-year Exegesis that I used last year and I am thinking of possibly applying it to form my project this year as well.

Imagine walking a street and unable to hear anything but soft hums. However, these hums are louder and could be much sinister than what is picked up. Like a large tree could have fallen but it would be heard as a pencil dropping. These acoustics travels from various directions but where exactly?
The sound humming sounds usually associated to soothing and comfort is led to confusion and fear due to the inability to locate and decipher the sound.
The way people experience a space varies due to their capabilities, but this is how I experience it as a hearing-impaired individual without my aids. The fear of my aids abruptly cutting off, to have to go through those numerous emotions associated to it. It makes me wonder if others were in the same position would they react the same way? Or is it just my own paranoia responding?
Sound is a distortion of the existing nature. It creates the disposition of an object or space. I hope to explore how I could activate a sensorial user experience by preserving the existing spatial material and auditory within Fort Lane whilst replacing the existing ambiance to something more ominous.