Proxemics

"Like gravity, the influence of two bodies on each other is inversely proportional not only to the square of their distance but possibly even the cube of the distance between them." - E. T. Hall (1966)

The space surrounding us is continually a part of ones perception of themselves and the things around them. Whether one is conscious of this or not...proxemics is a part of everyday life.

I've been trying to figure out what is the most pressing thing in my life...and my conclusion is distance, the distance between me and others. There are all kinds of distance: physical, mental (communication), spiritual beyond that we can clearly perceive or see. These are the types of space I consider all the time just did not realize it before. Within these types of space I am interested in the distance between them. The distance between two people or a group...what is transferred or transmitted and how? Between our body and our mind...the distance between a though and a action.

Social Distance:
Intimate: 6-18"
Personal: 1.5-2.5"
Social (acquaintances): 4-7 ft.
Public: 12-25 ft.

I then began to think of how to transfer the idea of distance into form. How does one transfer the distance of 1,015 mi./ 5,359,200 ft. (CT to TN) or 5,761 mi./30,418,080 ft. (CT to HI) into some kind of material or form. When I thought about it I became overwhelmed to actually think about the "distance." To display or address such distance it has to be represented in an ephemeral or documentation form (photography/video). There are many ways to address distance and the possibilities are infinite, but I want to address it in a manner that is true to the immensity of the length of distance.

This lead me to think of the idea of forms that fit into this mass of length...and I thought of buildings/skyscrapers. I find the idea of buildings being the same distance as masses of land interesting, and how one can travel up one of these buildings in minutes what would take many many hours to travel the same distance on land.
I would like to do a project with people I know that live near these very tall buildings but what that project is I do not know yet. It would be interesting to document or address the vastness of these heights and their relation to the ground and space.