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IDENTITIES Survival Portal This project I will examine the notion of Babel through the lens of the interior and the questioning of gender language power inclusiveness missinformation totality sustainability human greed doomed spaces etc These issues could a l s o b e ex p l o red by co m p a r i n g individuality vs collective nature vs artifice the minute vs the grand etc Babel is described by scholars as the cradle of civilization In the book of Genesis we find the narrative where a primal unit of humankind with single spoken language is shattered and scattered around the world into a multitude of languages The narrative follows the deluge and describes how humans in their pride decided to build a city and a tower to reach up to the heavens The Akkadian name of such city was Bab ilim meaning gate of God Identity noun The characteristics determining who or what a person is Babel noun derived from the Hebrew word Babel meaning confusion Portal noun 1 a doorway gate or other entrance especially a large and imposing one 2 a website or web page providing access or links to other sites 3 a communicating part or area of an organism

SURVIVAL ITEMS Telescope Candle Plants Cat THE BEHAVIOR OF CATS

BABLE CONCEPT

NARRATIVE PORTAL empathy collaboration To Bind different RACES or even SPECIES together If you accept the differences understand the strength and weakness of each other then you can escape from the Portal Give up the selfishness and desires to open the Portal CAT Give up catnip and give it to humans Instinct desire eat mate survive Attract cats with the scent of catnip Then when the cat finds catnip hidden in the portal it must choose to give it to a human to escape HUMAN Give up supremacy and reach out to the lower class respecting different races and species I use red to indicate the color of the cylinder Use a gradual red to represent the different classes use red to represent the upper classes and use white to represent the lower classes One has to give up the option of escaping from the highest door representing the upper class and giving that power to the cat Then escape through the lowest tube

MATERIAL PALETTE

PORTAL SHAPE

MODEL MAKING PROCESS Place the stainless steel mesh in the mold Sew 3 pieces of stainless steel mesh together with string Heat the wax and melt it When the wax cools and becomes solid remove it from the mold Wrap the elastic rope around the stainless steel wire layer by layer Pour the melted wax into the mold Aim a hot fan at the center of the model and let the wax melt into a gap Fasten the metal cylinder between the elastic ropes

ENTRANCE PLAN

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