Rain 1 from Andrew Stiff on Vimeo.

Rain 1
2 min, video, 2008
This short moving image sequence, Rain 1, explores the visual structure and temporal attributes of a nondescript housing development in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The treatment of the footage, a reconstruction of the spatial elements by cropping and reordering, has been informed by suggested grids within the building’s themselves. The implementation of the grids [a typical tool used by architects to impose an order on a structure] has come about by identifying patterns found with the structure, such as a grill, or the roof tiles, or stone steps. The re-ordering of the spatial elements, reconstructs the building, allowing the viewers focus to be on the temporal differences within the footage. There are three temporal zones, which I have interpreted from traditional landscape, namely foreground, middle ground and horizon. In an urban context this represents, street level, the wall, and the roofscape. (AS)

Andy Stiff is an independent digital artist using his experience of working within the architectural environment to explore the multiplicities of perception in our built environment. He has shown video installations in Rome, Seoul and recently as part of the London Architecture Biennale. He is Subject Leader for MA Digital Arts / MA Digital Arts Online at Camberwell College of Arts