Half Space 1.0

Half Space 2.0

Mannequin_2.0

Mannequin_1.0

City Pasture 3.0

City Pasture 3.0 from Jun ZHU on Vimeo.

“Transparente”

Metro de Madrid: “Transparente” from Shinichiro Matsuda on Vimeo.

There are so many film recording the city in a bird's eye view to demonstrate the scene of the urban. This is a totally opposite one which only exist in imagination. Once the floor is made by glass, the actions of people at both upstair and downstair floor would be changed. And the interaction of above and under may make the two floors combine into one, or become ½ each. Maybe all floors would no longer exist. everyone is flying.

7 ½

[Film: 'Being John Malkovich']

7 ½ floor- a floor hidden between 7 and 8, where people need to keep bowing and be unable to walk upright as usual. There is no button for the 7 ½ in the lift. The lift has to be forced to stop by fire alarm and opened by an iron stick. For these using the unique space, the explanation that the strange floor is especially built for dwarves is just a silly lie. The space is kept secret to the public for some dark reasons.

It just like the society for many people’s living nowadays. Staying at an indefinite level, they could not go straight but give away to others.

In the plight of our existence, there is always this kind of space clipping or suspending in between. They are not in the right size in horizon or vertical for man’s use, working as a transitional part or for special using. For example, thieves always crawl in the ventilation channel showed in many movies. What’s that feeling? The viewing position is different and men would be possible to staring at these things ever ignored or even never found before. Once be focused on, these uncommon spaces maybe could perform in its own way and bring about some new.