Because I feel as though I have reached a point of understanding the processes and direction of my ‘submersive experience’ piece, I have decided to dedicate more of my time to developing my ‘artificial environment’, as I feel there are going to be more complications involved.
I have recently began working on some of the functional aspects of piece, such as the creation of the water pump – to force the water to the top of the gravity fed aquaponics system. Building the stand for the tanks, and removing any access material from the exterior of the tanks.
In order to make this installation, I have decided to find scrap materials and forms of waste packaging to use as the building blocks, as I am hoping to help my audeince realise that we (as a society) are discarding useful materials everyday just because in the short term it is more practical.
Fortunate for me, one of my brothers is a plumber and heating engineer, so I have been able to gain access to many off-cuts of pipe (both copper and plastic) as well as some second-hand plumbing fittings such as one way valves. By doing this, I have stopped these materials from finding their way into a landfill.
