Cabinets of Wonder 2006 Fall

2D Gallery is located right on Saint Marks and 3rd Ave, the center of the east village in New York City. As all the other common apartments in the east village, 2D gallery is a small tiny apartment where there are a couple and a puppy live in. It has beautiful exposed brick wall and a not working marble fireplace, but the building itself is over 100 years old, and has crappy neighbors who smokes pot 24/7. The reason of this place has to be the one is, this is what east village is. Everyday, there are thousands of tourists poured on St Marks. What they want is to see how people live in the east village.
Due to the small gallery space, I had to come up with showcase ideas, which were the Cabinets of wonder. Literally, I’m going to make cabinets that have wonders in it. 15 cabinets are the stage of the art works. It’s good for the video screening in it. Each Cabinet is possible to install the computer from the back of the cabinet. It you are having hard time to visualize what that is, just look at the lockers in ITP. Each cabinets charges 25 cents per view. Yes, 4 dollars admission. I’m going to design the Exhibition invitations and pamphlets. I’ll also provide drawings of gallery plan, and a demo locker with video installation in it.

Description:
This is a simulation of the cabinet box called Gossip Box. In this box, there is a monitor that is playing a video, which content is about gossips around ITP. Once you open it a little, people who are talking about gossip stop talking, and pretend doing something else. Then you open it wide, people will denies that they were talking about gossip. The door of the box is connected to a flex sensor. This sensor send 3 different signal to Max, and 3 movie clips play and are shown on the monitor.

Materials and Technology:
Cardboard Box, Arduino Board, BreadBoard, Flex Sensor, Max, Jitter, FinalCut Pro, DV Cam

Inspiration Source

Bamn! Restorant

I would like to have a little space that people can rest and enjoy the typical apartment in East Village. To do so, the gallery needs to spare some space to the public and provide snack corner with seating area. I will keep using my daybed and dining table for that matter. The one thing to add is Vending machines that have drinks and food. Since I make the best hamburger patty and espresso, I will cook by myself. This will save serving time and space.

Kiosk

I have a flat screen TV that fits perfectly on my fireplace. I'm going to use this TV as a Kiosk info screen that has current exhibition information, following show information, hours, and etc.

We don't have to worry about lighting or spacing. Opening the cabinet itself is triggering interaction. However, the size of the cabinet is limited, so only special form of art work is applicable. This project is planned for $500,000 budget.

Rent+Utility $2,000 x 12 month = $24,000 per year
Vending Machines                           $100,000
Computer & Equipment                  $20,000
Automatic Bathroom                       $10,000
PR Package                                      $2,000
Salary for labor

• Board of Director
• Assistance
• Cleaner
• Cook
• Tech Assistant
• Web Designer
• Graphic Designer
• Intern

All by Sol                                        $354,000