Intro (2): Exhibition Space

 Fig. 1, Top View

Fig. 2, View from entrance of exhibition

Fig. 3, View of section space, podiums supporting pocket watches, texts accompanied on side panel

Here is the visual layout for the space of my exhibition.

The top view (Fig. 1) depicts an aerial view of the space. The exhibit will be presented in a circular room that will be separated by walls (all that is shaded) in the center and outer portion of the space. The central wall echos the shape of an escapement, the mechanical piece that helped revolutionize the pocket watch in 1675. It is conveniently effective in separating each chapter of the exhibition. Each section is indicated by the hour units that will be incorporated on the floor. They will in shaded or transparent black Roman numerals. Upon entering the exhibition, the viewer walks left (clockwise) towards the first section, once at the end there will be a push door to lead you out. This door also echos the exit pallet which, in the mechanisms of a watch, would shift the escapement over and thus turn the minute hand.

Figure 2 illustrates the entrance to the exhibit to understand how the escapement walls separate each section as subtle but useful guidance for each separate theme ahead. Occasional texts of transition will be located on the wall leading into the next section that is, if a text of transition was placed between section I and II we would see it on the second wall in the back.

Figure 3 shows how we will be featuring the art and text for each section. Pocket watches or watch papers will be placed onto a podium; portraits and other artworks will be placed on the slightly rounded wall. The text describing the theme will be on a large panel on the side, to draw the viewers' eyes. Captions for each object will be printed on a card placed on the podium or under the artwork.