This installation would not have been possible without the amazing help of Raphael Zollinger

The Cube is an interactive installation, purpose of the ‘Healing’ and the ‘Listening’. Also, it is a project, deriving from users to do the self-examination. Thus, the ultimate goal of the Cube is to encourage users in order to face and embrace their feelings. In term of this purpose, it is not against with professional therapy, but rather heading the same direction.

The website is primarily broken up into categories based on materials. These categories are: fiber, fabric, clay, paper, wood, plastic, glass, and metal. These categories have been created so that the users can break away from the conventional mindset, in which classifications are based on the crafts themselves. With the current influx of reused and recycled items, it is unnecessary to state that any particular item will use a certain material. The evolution of different crafts has blurred the lines of whether or not traditional methods and materials will be used in a project.

Craftic.com is meant to be a flexible medium where users who for example, have a love for creating paper goods, can have a window into several crafts that may use paper. This also helps the avid crafter who has several supplies in stock but does not have ideas of what to do with them. Therefore, a user with a large supply of fabric can find a tutorial where fabric has been used in both quilting, dressmaking and even an installation. The number of crafts isn\’t necessary, it is what is used to make something that is of importance. Through this method, craftic.com will encompass a wide variety of crafts such as paperwork, needlework, fiber arts and metalwork.

Through the user generated community construction, users can learn about other crafters who are interested in making things out of the same materials as they are. This should encourage collaboration and communication, where users are seeking out knowledge from each other and will evolve as artists and craftspeople together. When a user is searching for a new project, the user can gain knowledge about the maker, the craft and other aspects of maker culture.

The website is intended for both the avid crafter as well as the supporter of handmade goods. Through seeing the tutorials, users can see what work goes on behind a handmade item in which they might be interested in purchasing. Now that the user has seen who the crafter is behind the scenes, what their process is, what their expertise and approximate time and cost it took to make the item, a regular browser can have more appreciation for a handmade item. In this regard, the site does promote the commercial interests of tutorial submitters who have shops. If a user is not interested in following the tutorial and making the item, the user has the option of purchasing the finished item from a craftsperson\’s shop.

In the future, there will be a voting feature where users can delineate between popular and unpopular how-tos. The voting will be based on the preferences of the user base. This voting system will provide more exposure to items that are universally accepted by the community. Rankings will also be grouped by the quality of the tutorial.

The Institute for Statue Modification is dedicated to statue modification and its applications for revolutionary change. The Institute aims to investigate where popular opinion and the decorative elements of the urban landscape diverge. At the foundation of this investigation are several key questions: Whom do we choose to monumentalize and why? How do we recontextualize statues, monuments, and other fixtures in urban space when cultural attitudes toward history change? How can we collaboratively enact this process of recontextualization? How does shifting the balance of power in statue and monument representation translate to a political shift in power?

StatueMod.org was created to help the Institute for Statue Modification achieve its mission. The website is divided into three sections. The first is a research center where people can read and submit articles and papers about statue modification. The research center also serves as a news source for statue modification related current events. The second is a citizen-contributed open catalogue called the StatueWiki, where people can add or edit entries of statues in need of modification. The third is the StatueLabs, a place to explore ideas for modified or new statues.

Again, each of them has only one part of the animation, they have to find the right positioning of the phones similar to a puzzle. They have to stand close and find the right angle between the phones in order to see the complete animation. The sound of each mobile phone speaker will contribute differently to the soundscape of the animation. The shape of the phones aligning creates a setting that encourages conversation.
The narration\’s content evolves from the adventures of a girl called “Lu”, the heroine of the story, dealing with specific challenges she is confronted with. Everytime she has to take a hard decision the users have to vote on what she should do. Her story will be told in several episodes.

\”Wholly\” (age 2-3):
The game starts with a cow song. After a short introduction, the child is encouraged to hit the buttons that surround him to move the cow on the screen. The cow leaves footstep marks on the grass, letting the child draw an image.

\”Pengu\” (age 3 and up):
The game starts with a penguin song. After a short introduction, the child is encouraged to hit the buttons that surround her to help the penguin catch the fish. This can be achieved by hitting the appropriate button at a certain time. The game develops coordination and offers different speed levels.

3Dance (age 5 and up):
This is a dancing game. The child learns a sequence of moves that involve touching different buttons inside the 3D interface. Then he is asked to repeat the movements to the sound of a song.