It’s our last week in visionary structures and we are finally put into our groups of three.
Amanda, Phillip and me, here is a photo of our ‘almost’ complete set of structures:
So after a bit of OMG what do we do… we decided on a very rational and straightforward narrative to accompany our structures…
As a group we discovered our metonymy was ‘Monotone’, our objects as a collective are black, white or a variation or tone of. We also had the idea that our objects are symbolic of evolution, a very basic and broad overview of human civilisation from ancient times to beyond today, a future that we can only imagine.
Our plaster models are relatable or symbolic of ancient civilisation i.e. Greek and Roman architecture i.e. the plaster columns around the temple structure i.e. the Parthenon (477 BC).
Our current two wooden pieces are symbolic of primitive civilisation where humans were dependent upon animals and nature i.e. horse and plow to sow the fields, used for transportation and barter and later to substitute for electricity (a mystery yet to be discovered).
The next big evolutionary shift was the age of industrialisation, huge machines were made to process fossil fuel and steel, and cars were invented and were eventually pushed out on great assembly lines. Man moved from agriculture to manufacturing.
The 20th century brought even more technological change and innovation and we can now make 50 story buildings, phones the size of your palm and computers that fit in your hand bag, space travel is no longer a dream; Branson is selling advance tickets for space travel NOW! Unbelievable.
And finally our final structure which is symbolic of a structure not of this time, a structure that is based on what could be the future of civilisation, a fantasy of living in the not too distant future.
So, now we just have to join them all together and somehow devise a way to join it in a way that our narrative remains clear, no pressure!
leanne morrison 
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