Monday 29 March 2010

Letter A – air conditioning Aviator - Explanation


Activity: sport
State of mind: frustration
Office area: false ceiling
Occupation: aviator

“… Nora's angry, she's furious with her father, he never listens to her... She's also angry with herself for not facing up to her own uncertainties. Her feeling of rejection blocks her from going ahead with her plan and she gets very frustrated. To give vent (literally) to her frustration she starts creatively "overhauling" the air conditioning system to create an artefact for practising a sport (aeronautics or flying). She hates doing indoor sports so she decides to use the window area and creates a flying simulator in the false ceiling. She moves the air conditioning grilles and tubes so as to aim the air and noise in one direction while an office chair seat, a fire hose, some pipes and a stack of filing drawers enable her to be suspended while looking out at the city through the vents in the façade. The flying simulator is completed by a tape-and-toilet-roll aviator's helmet that helps her avoid drawing attention to the building....”

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