Week Two, an object redux. Fewer projects, but richer more multi-layered solutions. So I’m seeing less repetition of specific themes that we did in the first week. I’ll cheat a bit by connecting objects used in Week 2 with related objects used in week one.
PHOTO BOOTH – vote for the NYPL exhibition and get a souvenir!
PIXELS – vote for a story type with a red or white “pixel” (really a color block) thanks to the creativity of “Two or More”
MODULAR ROOMS – a hotel where rooms rotate and shape to visitor needs, like oh so many cellular elevators…
SEGMENTED FLOORS – appeared again as part of the larger Music Jukebox NYPL proposal; a tiled floor that triggers sounds from the Jukebox and needs to be “solved” like a puzzle
PORTALS/PORTHOLES – (I’ll connect with Week 1’s WATCHTOWERS) Not just one but two groups used this as a lens (pun intended) for the Radiolab challenge – our View Tube, and a literal glass-bottomed, driftwood-inspired boat.
DRIFTWOOD – fascinating idea to think about an object shaped by nature. Will it ever come up again?
DRONES – an absolutely gorgeous presentation in which lighted drones split a cavernous sphere into an over- and under-verse to map participant’s dreams. But will it ever come up again?
COLLECTIONS – in fact, we were dealing with collections in their entirety this week, finding ways to sort through NYPL holdings. Our HiFi/LoFi group in particular used the idea of creating micro-collections via object relationships as the lead for organizing our proposal.
Small Fry admits they have ‘A kind of luring in teenagers by referring to Minecraft theme.’ Minecraft for the win…
VISIBLE MEDIA CONNECTIONS – (I’ll connect with Week 1’s SECRET PATHS…) stories told by visitors about relationships between objects actually streaming back and forth between those objects
ANALOG PAPER OBJECTS – postcards given out in thanks for votes, Edgar Allan Poe – Themed bookmarks passed out to facilitate library tours
BIG CUBES – well, not so big this time around … but the music box / projection interface played again with the idea of a “black box” that somehow unlocks media (in this case, musical library audio). Additionally, the cabinet-of-curiosities experience proposed by one group to draw visitors into library discoveries. LOCKED or HIDDEN seems key to CUBES of all shapes and sizes…
TRICK TWO PEOPLE INTO ENJOYING EACH OTHER – my favorite! Not explicitly part of any challenge, but a beautiful life-affirming comment from one of our NYPL guests:
I like the idea that maybe two people could fall in love over the object!
So TINDER for the win! Dating apps for all Museum exhibitions.
Down for the count this week…better luck next week! CHARGING STATIONS, PARABOLIC SPEAKERS, MOTIONLESS MOTIONS, LIVESTREAM