Participatory sculpture
- by Yara El-Sherbini
- Track design in collaboration with Jono Sandilands
This is a repository to store files and assets associated with the track design and visual presentation of the artwork in lead up to Now Play This, London, 2018.
Yara El-Sherbini's inter-disciplinary art practice engages people with contemporary social and political issues, using formats from pop culture to make artworks that are accessible, humorous, fun and invite active participation.
www.yaraelsherbini.com
Jono Sandilands is a graphic artist exploring design, printmaking and screen-based-technology, embedding interaction and games into physical artworks. www.jonosandilands.com
- Track Design Original design supplied by Jono to The Racing Rooms
- 3D Visulisation presentation of the work
- Banner Design For above table - presentation purposes
- Number Plate Design stickers for Scalextric cars
Various track designs for consideration. The final version submitted was the "RMFP-track-a" version. Image exports of this track can be found here.
- RailModeller Pro - to open the .layout files.
RailModeller Express (free version) may also open the files to view, but will likely not allow editing or exporting.
These original designs and parts list by Jono Sandilands were sent to Thomas Hall of The Racing Room, Nottingham who supplied track hire, delivery and setup. There are some expected alterations to be made to the track by Thomas who will supply updated track specs.
We opted for modern Scalextric Digital track and cars due to the nature of the track layout, splitting into different lanes etc.
The design is made with the Scalextric C7042 Digital Advanced Powerbase unit.
The experience is designed for 2 cars in use at one time. We opted for Audi TT cars - kinda familiar (more) everyday car type.
Various mock ups in this folder that helped communicate ideas for how the work was presented.
Various banner designs for consideration. The final banner was page 4 of that document. Final print file is here.
- Dimensions: 2000 x 500mm
- Printer: Printed.com
- Material: Eco Banner (Non PVC) Material
- Weight: 170gsm
- Eyelets
- Quantity: 1
- Cost: £26 + VAT & Delivery
The number plates are designed to look similar to Israeli and Palestinian can number plates. Please reffer to this document for details.
- Adobe InDesign - layout/text changes
- Silhouette Studio - Print & Cut file specific to Jono's printing setup, using a Silhouette Portrait vinyl cutter. (Use the InDesign files to send to another designer/printer)
- Dimensions: 16 x 3.8mm (yes tiny!)
- Printer: Jono Sandilands
- Material: Indoor (low tac) Printable Vinyl (Silhouette brand)
- Quantity: Printed enough to fill A6 sheet of vinyl
- Cost: n/a
Table top dimensions required: 360(l) x 244(w) x 70(h) cm
Original plans were to build a large gallery style plinth, however logistically this was difficult for Now Play This (NPT) exhibition.
Sophie Sampson of NPT designed and fabricated three tables each at 120(l) x 244(w) x 70(h) cm. Using 25mm box welded steel frame and 18mm plywood tops. The third section has a 2.5m high end steel section to mount banner. Photos for reference to follow.
There was an Ikea Kallax single shelving unit with a Kallax insert door attached underneath the table top on one side to hide power blocks and some wiring.
Holes were drilled through the plywood top to hide trailing wires. Any non essential Scalextric parts/systems were hidden inside the shelf under table.