Draft Model 1.

PAIN - INTRICACY

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Section of Stairs to Bellow Studio

Section of stairs to Above Studio

PAIN: 

• Sphere: contraction of from into a spheric shape. As if the dome is retracting away from the glass structure in pain.
• Glass Structure: Fragility and Fear (of breaking).
• The Stairs: Bending around the basement structure like being forced to contort. Also, stairs should shake to cause fear. 

"Arch of Hysteria, 1993

Stemming from her interest in the physical, emotional, and psychological aspects of pain and fear, Bourgeois was drawn to the arch of hysteria as theorized and represented by the nineteenth-century neurologist Jean Martin Charcot (1825-1893). While working at the Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, Charcot sought to represent hysteria by documenting the performances of his female patients. The physical tension of the hysterical arch - an intense muscular contraction, resulting in immobility and paralysis of the limbs - is emblematic of an equally extreme emotional state. Bourgeois makes this highly vulnerable position even more so by suspending her male figure from the ceiling. In choosing to represent him in an attitude traditionally associated with the female, the artist transgresses the social and sexual roles assigned to women, challenging the misconception of hysteria as a female malady."

National Gallery, Canada <<http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artwork.php?mkey=100798>>

INTRICACY: 

• The Doughnut: continuos, circular form. Detail added through submerged, oddly shaped spaces. Offers viewer a dynamic experience, like being in a cave.    
• The Stairs: two sets, circular and linear, drawing from forms from the artwork. Draws the eye upwards and makes us walk in a similar sense.