Conceptual? Modernist? Abstract?

RESEARCH

For this catalyst project, I have found myself in a blurry area within the titles that were given, 
I have found that all areas (Conceptual, abstract, minimalism, digital and modernism) do 
overlap and interlink with each other,which is incredible but doesn't play to my advantage 
when knowing when to stop researching.

I set off to research the conceptual topic, simply because I am intrigued by big concepts. From discovering 'Conceptual Art' by Tony Godfrey, I found an exhibition that was of some debate in the book, this was the subject of 'Abstract Expressionism'. This term was not explained, so I researched this art movement and found that this was a branch of Modernism! It was then when I found that the project I was about to do was not strictly going to be on Modernism, but many branches involved with that movement. Yet the work I eventually discovered were abstract pieces of work!
Since I had found this link, this did put me at a disadvantage in the beginning because I did not know where to stop with my research! 

Abstract Expressionism was an art movement that focused on colour, form and directness; an aspect that I admired the most. Much of the work was non-representational and its inspiration was to be very direct in its work.
The main movements I researched were  Abstract Expressionism, Expressionism, Constructivism, Suprematism, Futurism and Deconstructivism. I briefly researched more art movements, so I could find more prominent artists'  work that stuck to my mind. The main artists I paid more attention to were Kandinsky, Rothko, Malevich and Boccioni (who resembled much geometric forms and directness). They have mostly focused on the importance of form, which is a key characteristic of Modernism.

Kandinsky, was the artist that struck me the most. I had created a square for the graphics rotation, which came to mind when I was exposed to his work.. I was very shocked at the similarities between his and my work. This was strange because I had never seen Kandinskys work before yet I seemed to have it in my mind. From this thought, I decided to research into further art movements that he was involved in. It turned out that he was not exactly part of the abstract expressionist movement but was part of the expressionist movement and der blaue reiter.

The Rothko chapel by Mark Rothko is what united both architecture and Abstract
Expressionism painting. This has been stated in an essay published by MoMA. He also wanted to simplify his work with directness. The
ambience that was given from the plain canvases in the chapel, was something I wanted to try to achieve in my final outcome.

Looking briefly at Constructivism led me to find Tatlin, it was because of him that I found
Futurism because he was heavily influenced by that movement. I focused on the dynamic
photos because I felt they captured the essence of moment, which is something that could
be transferred into attempting to create the atmosphere of a building. I really admired the
sharp but curved lines that are used in the following paintings. In addition, what appealed
to me was the aspect of having to ‘unscramble’ what the painting was. This characteristic
could produce very intriguing features within an architectural structure in more detail because I am really drawn to the spatial aspect in the geometric forms.

Consolidation.

Research ended today, and I found myself creeping into further areas of research such as German expressionism and De Stijl.
I found it quite challenging to consolidate the overwhelming amount of research (which I love) into my designs because I wanted to integrate the strong concepts behind Abstract Expressionism and Suprematism into my work as well as the spatial aspect of Kandinsky's work.

I chose to experiment with 'domestic interior' and 'interactive system/instellation' because I was hoping to form an idea that could bridge across the two areas. Here are a few vague forms I drew at first:

I used the forms from paintings created by Umberto Boccioni, who was part of the Futurist movement, because the sharp shapes appeared to me as something that would be visually striking in a building. Additionally, I used Malevich's and Kandinsky's influence to create my own composition of shapes and use this to 'build upwards' from the shapes.
I believed this was a good way in composing initial base shapes for my structure as it integrated much forms of the art movements.