Inspire. Support. Create.
Matthew Edgson
Professional Development Award
Goldsmiths University
Ba Design
2016
Winning the Professional Development Award upon completing his BA in Design at Goldsmiths University, Matthew Edgson developed a project for the London Festival of Architecture 2017, entitled Building the Cinematic. The Project followed on from his degree show work which which reframed buildings as filmmaking resources. His work employs small objects and rigs that he makes himself; these objects run across architectural paths. The Professional Development Award created opportunity for Matthew to expand the work for a more public platform.
“Developing the project over the past twelve months has not only galvanised my understanding of my design practice, but it highlighted particular skills that I was lacking that I would need in order to operate as a designer transitioning from the academic landscape into professional terrain.”
Building the Cinematic seeks to establish a form of architecturally dependent cinema. Through the creation of a series of architecturally dependent camera rigs, films and other materials, the fabric of architecture becomes an active element in the cinematic production process.
The project proposes a shift away from apparatus such as tripods, cranes and dollies, in favour of equipment which allows for alternative interactions with the built environment and a reevaluation of the architecture we think we understand through the process of filmmaking. Architecture becomes the tripod. It seeks to express the totality of architectural space on film as opposed to a flat entity.
Being programmed into the London Festival of Architecture allowed Matthew the space to assert his own technical strengths but also to develop a set of new skills, gearing him up to move his project into professional spheres.
“My practice has evolved in unexpected ways in the past four years; at Goldsmiths my graphic design practice expanded into the realm of film making, but it was over the course of creating this project that it developed into a process of breaking down modes of image making and finding opportunities in reconstituting them slightly differently. This is possibly the most valuable gift from the Artisa award (alongside the valuable advice and criticisms); I now have a deeper understanding of the finer details of my practice and how it can connect with the wider world of design.”
www.cargocollective.com/matthewedgson
Inspire. Support. Create.
Matthew Edgson
Professional Development Award
Goldsmiths University
Ba Design
2016
Winning the Professional Development Award upon completing his BA in Design at Goldsmiths University, Matthew Edgson developed a project for the London Festival of Architecture 2017, entitled Building the Cinematic. The Project followed on from his degree show work which which reframed buildings as filmmaking resources. His work employs small objects and rigs that he makes himself; these objects run across architectural paths. The Professional Development Award created opportunity for Matthew to expand the work for a more public platform.
“Developing the project over the past twelve months has not only galvanised my understanding of my design practice, but it highlighted particular skills that I was lacking that I would need in order to operate as a designer transitioning from the academic landscape into professional terrain.”
Building the Cinematic seeks to establish a form of architecturally dependent cinema. Through the creation of a series of architecturally dependent camera rigs, films and other materials, the fabric of architecture becomes an active element in the cinematic production process.
The project proposes a shift away from apparatus such as tripods, cranes and dollies, in favour of equipment which allows for alternative interactions with the built environment and a reevaluation of the architecture we think we understand through the process of filmmaking. Architecture becomes the tripod. It seeks to express the totality of architectural space on film as opposed to a flat entity.
Being programmed into the London Festival of Architecture allowed Matthew the space to assert his own technical strengths but also to develop a set of new skills, gearing him up to move his project into professional spheres.
“My practice has evolved in unexpected ways in the past four years; at Goldsmiths my graphic design practice expanded into the realm of film making, but it was over the course of creating this project that it developed into a process of breaking down modes of image making and finding opportunities in reconstituting them slightly differently. This is possibly the most valuable gift from the Artisa award (alongside the valuable advice and criticisms); I now have a deeper understanding of the finer details of my practice and how it can connect with the wider world of design.”
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www.cargocollective.com/matthewedgson