Aphidoidea

A P H I D O I D E A we are architects. we are graphic designers.we are film makers. we are builders. we are web developers. we are artist. we are technology. we are designers.

we fabricate your environment.

we are an open_collaborative_think-tank of design professionals striving toward a more creatively built environment through architecture, interactivity, artmotion-graphics, video by means-and-methods.

C O N T A C T 714 S. Los Angeles St. Los Angeles, Ca [email protected]

C O L L A B O R A T O R S Jesus Eduardo MagañaPaulina Bouyer- MagañaAndrew HernandezJackie MuñozJJ ParedesJarod AllenCarlos HernandezAlma Muñoz

A P H I D O I D E A We are Aphidoidea, a collective of creative young professionals from various backgrounds who shared a common interest, the creation of stimulating environments for the individual and its surroundings. We emphasized on unique installations that appeal to the senses and engage the user. Our holistic solutions enhance the built environment in alienated marginal urban spaces. The collective’s diversity allows us to explore ideas, philosophies and methods. Our installations employ a variety of materials—from the ephemeral to the permanent--and technologies such as CNC prototyping, 3D modeling, lighting, and interactive graphics. We have proven competent at working with project teams, coordinating, and completing projects on time and within budget.

Icups: Synthetic Landscapes

The Spinal Vortext

Adaption: The Cocoon

Radio Silence: Free Your Mind

The Cloud: Set in Motion

Projections: The Funk Fest

Preceptual Vision: Points of View

T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

Icup Synthetic Landscape

The Icup installation takes one of the most ordinary, disposable, and seemingly inconsequential objects—the paper cup—To invert the consumer-object relation and perception through the creation of an extraordinary –membrane like piece that embraces both the coffee-drinker and coffee shop. Given the typical paper cup has an average lifespan of 10-15 minutes, the user hardly ever considers the elaborate processes of its production, distribution, and its disposal. By bringing to light the throw away, mundane paper cup the installation counterbalances ordinary user-object relations to challenge assumptions regarding inconsequential consumption of the invisible waste. The 4,000 cups that make the installation reconfigure the user-object interaction by transforming the special experience of the coffee shop.

To further study the user-object interaction; the I-cup installation was reconfigured and mechanically animated as part of the Phantom Galleries (an organization that transforms vacant storefront into temporary public art galleries) in Long Beach. The Icup installation, created a unique relationship between the community and the cups. As pedestrian walking by had a direct interaction with the installation as he or she was able to activate its movement, via sensor, by simply standing in front of the glass. Its harmonic motion creates a vast array of soft-scapes that are generated by a rotating crankshaft.

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Set in Motion : The Cloud

The cloud is a catalytic structure that changed the typical spectator’s experience of a gallery environment. The installation sought to solve the contradiction of creating a prominent installation while not overshadowing the work of 40 participating plastic artist on display. The articulation of the space was housed within the shape of the installation creating a dynamic fluidity between the art on display and the observer within the display itself. This art installation was exhibited in the Basswerks gallery, as part of the art show “set in motion.”

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Adaptation : The Cocoon

Downtown Los Angeles is in the process of reinventing itself as a thriving hybrid community. One key component of this goal is the adaptation of old, existing industrial buildings into mix residential and work/live lofts. It is this creative and genuine adaptation process that sprouted the concept of The Cocoon. When I moved into my loft, I analyzed and explored the existing conditions and elements presented by my then-newly repurposed place, and utilized these to create an adaptive dwelling I could reinterpret as home. The extension of the machine room of the freight elevator of this previously sweatshop-building happened to be an extension of my ceiling. This 11’x9’ void became the perfect opportunity to adapt a bedroom and incorporate several other elements in the design to enhance the loft, such as exterior views, ambient lighting through the use of translucent materials, incorporated lighting, material application, and spatial geometry.

> SITE - ADAPTATION - COCCON Before this building was renovated and converted into lofts. The Cornell Building was a sweat shop. This particular area ther e used to be fright elevator.

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Preceptual Vision : Points of View

A multi-perceptual experience of consciousness through a vacant storefront

An individual’s perception of things is a critical aspect of the interaction between the spectator and the physical world. A perceptual ‘object’ can be defined as a spatio-temporal coincidence of its different attributes. For example, an object could be a large, red, moving square. If an object’s different attributes occur simultaneously in different places, can they still define the object? The installation emphasizes this “spatio-temporal coincidence” making the observer consider the conditions of our conscious recognition. The installation consisted of fragmentary shapes in different perspective planes that, when seen from specific positions, joined to create words that formed philosophical and artistic arguments on perception. The spectator would decipher each message as he or she looked for key perspective views. However, what lay before him were not letters or words, but rather shapes that, when seen from a specific point of view, aligned in a way the viewer could attach particular meaning to the collective ensemble. The installation sought to convey how art is judged as it is being observed, from the individual’s point of view.

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1 > The world we see is not real, it’s our mind’s representation of our senses2 > Question what you see3 > Withdrawn in the mind4 > Reality cannot be found except on a single source, because all things are inteconnected5 > Art is truth existing only in the mind. There is no absolute truth

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This installation carried on the challenge of transforming a neglected and marginal service patio behind a Hollywood club into a temporary exhibit space. The show sought to fuse elements of art and music creating a unique experience in an unexpected place. Not being able to physically alter the structural conditions of the patio, the Spinal Vortex facilitated its transformation as it covered the full extent of the space. The installation offer a free-flowing look allowing the existing conditions to bring a new layer of interest, Adding to the place without hiding or masking what was there, it created a well-rounded solution for the artists and musicians performing at the “The Live Festival” show.

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“Radio Silence. Inner-Mind Portal” Radio Silence is an independent film in-process. We were given the script for one of the scenes in the movie, to convey the vision for the scene and create the installation. The concept was a portal in the middle of the desert. The main actor will find himself in front of this portal and as he goes through it, he is taken into his inner thoughts. We created a metal spiral with illuminated sections. Each section takes you deeper into the portal as a message is gradually revealed to the camera. The materials selected intended to highlight the object’s foreign aspect in relationship to the desert. The scene was shot in Glamis Ca.

Two... one...Ext. Backyard-NIGHTLila fades back to the disheveled woman.Ext. Desert path - dayLila and Sean are walking down the path. Lila takes a gun to her head and a loud shotgoes off.Int. BlaCKROOMSean is now free of the handcuffs and is sobbing.Int. whITEROOMJanelle I love you.Ext. desert path - dayThe projection shows him as the little boy walking along the path alone. He comes to a fork in the road, stops for a moment and veers to the right.

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“Long Beach FUNK FEST motion graphic projections.”As a crescendo of the city’s summer-long, free concert series, we were invited to incorporate digital motion graphics to the festivals “funk-adelic” environment and experience. We took this opportunity to research the essence of the FUNK genre. Thus, compiling information, images, video footage, art, and graphics of the funk culture. We then processed and abstracted the “FUNK” into a video reel that was projected along the building facades providing an extra layer of visual-informative complexity to the festival.

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