Documenting “TUBULAR” on the Line

For this assignment, I had to create an “informative display” on how my word pertains to the line. Originally, I had wanted to break away from photography, but it did seem like the best method in capturing tubularity. So I’ll just have to experiment with other outputs of creativity some other time [sighs].

But in all honesty, the idea I decided upon (which was my original idea, as it turned out) managed to be creative, yet straightforward. I based the concept around the fact that tubes, pipes, and other various tubular objects were all cylindrical, and had this wrap-around quality. Therefore, I intended to make my sculpture “come full-circle.”

What I did was to photograph some of the pipes I had found on the line, and–using a compass–document them from all eight major directions (north, east, southwest…) I wanted to create the illusion that the viewer was making a complete 360° circle around the pipe and arriving back at the beginning. I tried to create it so the images would seem like a film strip in a way.

The results achieved my vision, albeit in an “arts-and-pastey” kind of way. And as my roommate did point out, it does look like a layer cake.

The photos of Tubular Object #1:

The photos of Tubular Object #2:

Photos of final product:

WORD: PART II

First off, I’ll get this out of the way: besides sight, it’s hard to use any other of the senses to document tubularity. I suppose that sound traveling through a pipe could be considered “tubular,” but I didn’t hear too much of that.

So, most of my documentation of tubularity on the line will indeed be photos.

Anyways, starting back at Alfred State (and returning to the top of my “favorite” peak) I scoured the area for pipes and tube-like structures. Luckily, the line crosses the parking lot, which was filled with cars with tail-pipes.

Although most tubular objects tend to be man-made, the trunks of trees and logs are also tubular in structure. However, I chose to focus more on the exaggerated pipe-like objects that I came across on my trek.

 

 It’s funny that on my first trip walking the line, I didn’t appreciate just how many objects were tubular. Now, however, they tend to be everywhere I look.

   

Luckily, the line leads me through the corner of the Uni-Mart, which provides me with the opportunity to peruse the tubular merchandise that it may have inside.

Tubes of Paper Towels

 

Tubes of Cancer

 

Most of the buildings on Main Street seem to be adorned with an arrangement of snakelike pipes that twist and bend around each plane of the walls. I really like how much character these tubes seem to have, in contrast with the ones that are just straight.

  

Most of the tubular objects I find are indeed a sort of extension or attachment to a building–like chimneys, weather vanes, antennae, and drain pipes.