robert smithson, spiral jetty
the size and simplicity, while its complexity in building it
pablo picasso, still life with chair caring
the combination of the distorted objects (cubism) and the realistic weaving
simplicity in the empty space
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for our last comm lab homework we could choose what we wanted to do. I chose to use flash to try and learn more how to use it. I worked for many hours not getting to where i wanted. played a lot with symbols and could not really understand the relationship between timelines in the symbols and the one on the timeline. The night before turning it in i deleted most of it and tryed working in a different way, started to make my complete flowers within the symbol and not in the timeline…apparently it worked better…
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Partner:
Celina Alvarado
putting the project together:
the finalized idea was to have the flowers throbbing at a very low brightness, and as you came close the brightness would increase. simultaneously there would be an image of the same bulb on the screen and it would react in the same way. There would also be a laughter than would increase in volume as the observer got closer.
Since we wanted the reaction to be based on the closeness of the people around it. we researched on ir sensors and on ultrasonic ones. because of the range of these we decided to use an ultrasonic one. the original idea was to use more than one sensor and therefore be able to have different light bulbs have different behaviors, but then we figured out a way to use only one sensor and have the same reaction.
The brightness of the lights would be controlled by midi through arduino while the screen and the giggles were controlled by processing. The first step was to learn to send data to mid. midi uses 31250 while serial uses 9600. the first idea was to work with the software library to work with these, a simpler idea came up later which was to use to different arduinos. the senor was plugged in to the arduino that was conected into midi, and this signal was sent to a second arduino that had a common ground with the first one. The second arduino was then connceted to the laptop, screen and the speaker. Once we started working with midi we realized it was not necessary to use several sensors since midi has several addresses what we did was to send the same data, but use it differently in the arduino code and this was create different reactions in each set of light bulbs.
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processing images
conceptualization process:
based on the idea of how plants have a reaction to the attention that they are given by human beings, how our flowers would react to observers
idea:
11/12
after talking to tom we decided to use midi to dim the lights and use 120V. changing the copper tubing to a wider, matching the size of the socket entrance, so it wont move and the inside wires get damaged. we will also use thicker wire for 120V.
11/7
After a lot of brainstorming on the content of the screen, we decided to maintain the concept it would have the image of a light bulb just like the others, and have the exact reaction to observers but through a different medium.
11/6
looking into possible materials, costs, time, and space availability, we have changed the concept to become a smaller area, in which the visitor cannot walk through the garden but rather approach it as an interactive sculpture using proximity sensors.
11/6
to create a more dynamic object we thought of including a mini screen instead of one of the light bulbs.
11/5
to create a flower garden made of light bulb flowers. the observer could walk in the garden and using pressure sensors have an interactivity with the flowers through the lighting, dimming and blinking creating an environment in which to be immersed.
Process:material searching.
stems.
looking into materials we came across copper flexible tube which provided a perfect material to create the stems of the flowers, it is strong enough to stand by itself and hold the weight of bulbs, while at the same time having the flexibility to give it an organic look.
light bulbs.
we were looking into several light bulbs, watts, sizes, shapes…decided to use round bulbs which are available in different sizes and fit in a medium (regular) socket.
Problems.
the cost of making the project so big is too high
the light bulbs that we were looking into are all 120V which might be to dangerous to use for this project
copper stems are high electricity transmitter which makes using 120V even harder
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we used different recordings to put this piece together. mine were all sounds made with the body… whistling, snapping, etc.. jose’s were many sounds from the street and subway. using this, some putting together of notes, loops and effects we created the following…
listen to piece
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Marshall McLhuhan. “Understanding Media” Chapter 1 & 2
Clay Shirky’s Fame versus Fortune
Scout McCloud’s response
As the media options increase, the artists have to search for new ways of getting their material to consumers without so many middle people keeping the money. The middle people and all their charges are making the income of the artist low, while the price to pay by consumers very high. taking this into consideration, when consumers find a different way of acquiring the product, they will in many cases do it although it is not legal. I believe that if we give consumers the option of paying a price they consider fair, and in exchange get the quality they are looking for, they will have no problem paying the fee to get what they are looking for through the correct channels. until this is done, stealing will not decrease.
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based on the short story written by Miranda July “Man on the Staircase”
it was done using Final Cut Pro with video and still images…
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Partners:
Alex Feng
Mike Rosenthal
overview:
Description of final project
The Beat Blocks were the midterm assignment that i built with Mike and Xioayaung (Alex) for Tom Igoe’s Intro to Physical Computing Class. The project is made of three blocks of wood that each manipulate certain aspects of drum loops that are being played out of a laptop computer. The blocks are sending information wirelessly to the laptop by way of XBee Radios. Two of the blocks have accelerometers in them, and the third block has 6 photocells, they all had a built in battery. These various sensors receive input from your interaction with the blocks and provide realtime feedback via the alteration of the music on the computer.
and had a built in battery.
The most difficult part was not using technology to control sound, but how to put everything inside this small box.
12/12/07
The inside of the blocks is being rebuilt on perfboard to work around the problem of space inside the blocks.
Working process:
before beginning this project we wanted to observe how people would interact with wooden blocks so:
we gave random people three wooden squares to play with and observed what they did with them…
videos:
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we will be doing our work based on a short story “the man on the staircase” by Miranda July
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“ojos que no ven corazon que no siente”
anonimo
this was a very fun homework…
made with still frames and step by step changing the setup…when run at a speed seems like there is motion….
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