spatial. the poetic final.

AFFIX THE VESTIGE, meaning to attach a trace of something that is disappearing/no longer exists. Our aim was to focus on commemorating how the Darby Steel Corporation was the main builder of landing craft tanks during WWII. It would allow visitors to experience the landing craft for themselves as it is beached onto land, overlooking the KAW Point, which is where the Darby Steel Corporation used to place the LCT in the river to send downstream.

Spatial Poetic Final Presentation by Anna De Sando

spatial. process post 02.

This past week, we looked into materials, researched more, constructed a paper mock up of a Landing Craft Tank (LCT) and finalized our location. We ran into some issues figuring out what would represent the LCT. Kim found a paper model of an LCT online. We then cut out the pieces and put Kim’s savvy intuitive construction skills to work attempting to recreate the LCT based on images of the finalized LCT.

Location wise we chose someone near the KAW Point, because of the current monument that is there for Lewis + Clark. KAW Point is where the LCTs used to be placed in the water to be sent down the river. The Darby Steel Corporation’s property used to be near KAW Point, with its launching site at KAW Point. We wanted to stay close to KAW Point as our main focus is historical + educational.

Assistant Professor told us to think more about construction time + prices for our final monument construction. So, this weekend we will be thinking more about what would be the most efficient way to create our final product. We also need to buy more materials to recreate the area and experience.

landing craft tank material sheet.

finished model examples online.

 sketch of monument.

research location.

chosen location.

possible materials to be used.

model building process shots.

spatial. presentation01. the basics.

Spatial Poetic Presentation

spatial. the poetic. the initial information.

my partner is Kim Huynh.

Our proposal is for our monument to be representational of the history of the West Bottoms. Currently our thoughts are focused on representing the West Bottoms involvement with the creation of the Landing Craft Tanks during World War II. We’ve been working with the idea of creating some form of a clock or pretty close representation of a Landing Craft Tank, while keeping art at the forefront through use of nonstandard statue materials and a representational, not literal form.

West Bottoms History.
West Bottoms is an industrial area. This area is located west of downtown Kansas City, basically at the union of the Missouri and Kansas River. It is also the oldest area of Kansas City. The area itself is prone to floods, including the Great Flood of 1951 + 1993. During World War II, Darby Steel Corporation built most of the Landing Craft tanks in the West Bottoms. This corporation/plant would build about one craft per day and then would float them down the River, which equated to about 1000 miles.

Possible Ideas to be executed.
The tank can be literal, recreational and abstract. It can be built near the river, below the flood line or somewhere in the industrial area. Materials are currently unknown, maybe metals, or other hard materials. We’ve been playing with the idea of adding an iPhone app. This app would be a teaching tool for history, provide an interaction, provide a narrative and/or provide an attraction/tourist app. Or maybe we could do an arc, without the biblical direct connection, says Assistant Professor Michael E. Kidwell.

pinterest board can be found here.


it looks currently this.

*Assistant Professor Michael E. Kidwell approved.

nelson-atkins. the poetic. the final.

Fiesta in the Park: help Frida & Diego find their friends!

Our(Kim+my) concept revolved around finding Frida & Diego’s friends in the park; their friends were the pre-determined actions of each of the six sculptures that the Nelson-Atkins design team had selected. Each sculpture is a different tomato/friend that is a different color with a different mustache.

While in the Bloch Lobby, Museum guests will receive the booklet. From there the guests are prompted to stop by the Zócalo outside, where they will receive their map and clue sheet. Each clue is a different sculpture and friend to visit and learn about. Upon visiting each friend, the clue sheet will be punched. After having visited all of Frida & Diego’s friends, the Museum guest is to head back to the Zócalo where they will officially join the Stache Crew and receive a free bracelet.

On the back of the informational cards, there are art related activities that revolve around the action of the sculpture. It prompts the guest to draw or write about the certain action, upload online and tag the post with the Stache Crew hashtag. The Nelson-Atkins will then collect all those posts, create a slideshow and post on their Facebook and website.

all collected pieces.

pieces received between the Bloch Lobby & Zócalo.

all pieces received: map & clue sheet, informational cards, booklet and mustache bracelet.

all six friend/sculpture cards: informational fronts.

all six friend/sculpture cards: activity backs.

nelson-atkins. the poetic. process.

random hit of inspiration sketches+description on tuesday night (4-25).

BOOKLET = the idea of a pop-up struck is a nice interactive piece that shouldn't be TOO hard to do. but have the word FIESTA from the front with the tomatoes be the pop-up, so you see closer whom you're looking for + it actually LOOKS like a party. Or maybe Frida+Diego pop-up to remind the kids to find their friends!

CARDS = backside of cards can be laid out next to one another to show a very light image of Frida + Diego or spell out 'Stache Crew in the background lightly or something to tie in collecting the cards with finding friends or the 'Stache Crew. Maybe on the illustration of the tomatoes and then add in a texture or image/part of the statue that they're looking for in the mustaches; for further help/clues...and then we could make the tomatoes larger in the book; have more "foreshadowing"/clues throughout the booklet.

MAP = has a top flap that starts initially over the map so you just see the tomatoes on the map, but pulling/flipping up the top of the map reveals the clues on the hidden side of the flap. the revealed map on the paper has the current map with the tomatoes + sculpture silhouettes.

what we had by friday (4-26).

six informational cards fronts.

six informational card backs combined.

Diego informational card.

Frida informational card.

booklet front.

booklet spread 1.

booklet spread 2.

booklet spread 3/map.

booklet back cover.

folded open map + clues.

back of folded map/clues.

mK feedback.

*it's looking great

*downsize "LARGE titling typography"

what we had for monday (4-29).

six informational cards fronts.

six informational card backs combined.

Frida informational card.

Diego informational card.

booklet front cover.

booklet spread 1.

booklet spread 2.

booklet spread 3, fold out map.

booklet spread 3, fold out map.

booklet back cover.

map+clues front.

map+clues open.

map+clues back.

Our main focus was to bring in more "fun" and user interaction. We did some more research into different types of activities that children often do. One of the more inspirational moments was thinking about large puzzles, piecing them together to create one larger image; we thought that it would be interesting to add more of a welcome to the 'Stache Crew via a large puzzle image. The very light opacity of an image on the back of the informational cards would add more encouragement to go to all the sculptures to finish this mysterious image. We also kept in mind the idea that the child might run off with the map and thus leaving the parents without one. During our user testing, we saw a few moments where the child was looking at the clue wording and the parents were looking at the map; thus we felt that two maps would allow the child and adult to each have one. We also thought that one of the maps should be larger to show a more in-depth layout of the sculpture park.