Exhibition: triX

triX is an exhibition I have been designing for in my Signs, Exhibits, and Spaces class.  Unfortunately, this is just a hypothetical exhibition, however, the pretend unlimited budget is a plus.  Below is the prompt and my solution.

The exhibition must contain at least one “vehicle” (“any means in or by which someone travels or something is carried or conveyed; a means of conveyance or transport”). You decide what the vehicle is and why you’re creating an exhibition centered around it. It should have some sort of historic or cultural significance. It can be from a national or international event, a movie, television series, etc. In addition to the vehicle, the exhibition should include at least 10 other “artifacts” (3D objects, posters, paper ephemera, costumes/clothing, etc.)

triX: and exhibition featuring the "Extreme Tricycle" dual between Travis Pastrana and Andy Bell of Nitro Circus.  Episode 1 of Season 1 of Nitro Circus reveals the beginning of the Pastrana / Bell dual in backflipping tricycles.  Bell begins the competition by flipping a blue tricycle from a wooden ramp to a dirt mound.  Pastrana is unable to complete the back flip, and decides to go bigger and better. Pastrana eventually follows up by flipping a pink tricycle off of a huge wooden ramp onto a wooden ramp landing.  Episodes later, Bell attaches rockets to his blue tricycle and backflips it off of a wooden ramp and into a foam pit.  Currently, this is where the extreme tricycle dual remains, and what my exhibition illustrates.  Check out some of my progress below!

^floor plans: wall constructing, traffic flow, division of space, floor treatments, projection texture concepts

^beginning some wall treatments to go with a few artifacts

^placing artifacts within the floor plan and referencing other imagery and ideas

^narrowing in on wall treatments and the path of travel