Scaling

Scaling experiments using a metre bar and a metre long type bar. It is the act of making sense of the space that is excites me.

The function of the black piece of paper acts as a tool to equip the viewer with a scaling device. Rather than telling the viewer the actual length of the wall, they are provided with a tool, the scale bar, which allows them to piece together the information for themselves resulting in them actively engaging with the image rather than taking a passive approach. In addition the viewer is able to extract information regarding the length remaining beside the scale bar as well as the overall size of the space.

By incorporating the size on the scale bar using type, the viewer requires no further information when analysing the image. It acts as a tool which allows the viewer to understand space.