Spatial Occupation
(2007) installation
"In an effort to explore sensory production (both audible and visual) in relation to spatial occupation, the Blueroom, over the period of one night, becomes an opportunity to explore different ways of measuring this temporal accumulation and dispersal of people. Our previous collaboration included a video of the Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere where both the audible and visual components of the video recording were reassembled to create an alternative evaluation, highlighting densities of movement. The Blueroom intervention would be the next logical step in this investigation to create ways to measure densities of movement and occupation of people in real time and in a creative way.  Our project will feature a morphological narrative based on a real-time analysis of the changes in spatial occupation of the Blueroom spaces over the course of the hours of the evening-long event.  We are also interested in investigating ways in which the relationship of different events in different rooms could gradually change over the evening.  We would like propose a multi-room intervention."

Ken Ueno + Jose Parral

JOSE PARRAL + KEN UENO

bio jose parral:

(San Diego, US, 1972) studied landscape architecture at the University of California, Berkley and obtained an MA from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. He has worked for numerous landscape architecture firms such as Poirier Landscape Architects (San Diego, US), Pamela Burton & Company (Los Angeles, US), and Hood Designs (Oakland, US). The landscape projects that he has been involved in include The Getty Center Central Garden (Los Angeles, US); Cummins Child Development Center (Columbus, US), and the North Campus Wedge, University of California, San Diego (San Diego, US). Jose is currently working on the landscape design for the Nueva Sala Internacional de Exposiciones del Centro Cultural (Tijuana, Mexico). his work has been included in group exhibitions such as Insite 2005 (Tijuana, Mexico/San Diego, US) Otra/Another, Galería de Arte del Instituto de Cultura de Baja California (Tijuana, Mexico, 2003); The Machinic Landscape Exhibition, Universidad Nacional de la Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2002) and Projects Review, Architectural Association School of Architecture (London, UK, 2001). Jose has also taught urban design studios at the Woodbury University and at Ohio State University. He currently lives and works in San Diego.