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Had the first meeting with my mentor Cezar, got super helpful feedback during the last meeting and really appreciate him pushing me to go further. It is so interesting to have the mentor who is an artist and programmer interested in the relationship between the natural landscape and technology based in Lisbon, and had a different perspective from him.

Cezar encouraged me to experiment with different types of audience responses rather than fear, and explore what’s could be other options to get the audience to think critically about FER. We also talked about Sam Lavigne and Adam Harvey to imagine how can I use a “silly”(humor) way/tone to point out the problem.

As for the prediction report, Cezar shows his interest and think it is the key to the whole project, he encouraged me to think more about the content and showed me his collaborative NFT works with Ian Cheng(one of my favorite artists!) which will “reads your wallet’s public transaction history and infers the inner forces that compose your personality.”

Another suggestion he gave me is to talk to someone who works at these technology companies such as 4 Little Trees or uses their services, and interview them with some questions to have a deeper understanding of why FER is still being used. I will try to connect with someone this week if possible.

The last thing we talked about is the accuracy of the model and I started to think maybe can create a user guide to teach the audience how to act appropriately to get a higher score if I run into a bottleneck.

Link to thesis production schedule:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HVbjMxWtEPUwUzVLHagyzZkrdqGbNjsxf2fNXVoDOIA/edit?usp=sharing

Hey all!

Hope all is well!

Played around with my projector today for what honestly might’ve been all day haha! I played around with sound and some past and present artwork to see how this projector works! To my surprise this projector is the bomb! The quality is super nice and all the images are really crisp and clean! I also appreciate the fact that the color even on some hand drawn images remained in tact and not washed out! Here are some reflections I had from doing this!

-Forced me to think critically about my past and present art! 

-GRAPHICS and TEXT! 🙂

-I saw my work up close and large which was new for me especially for the pieces that were smaller. 

-Made me think a lot about presentation. How am I to present this to a public audience in a way that will grab their attention and keep them hooked? 

-This projector play lasted for my goodness a while and played a crucial role in how I want people to experience and digest this thesis! 

I had a lot of fun! I played a lot around with shadow, sound and size! 

-Seeing my work close up and on a large scale made me notice things I didn’t before! In a way it forced me to stand, sit, listen, and absorb. It was almost hypnotic. I  used my phone to move and adjust what was seen on the projector!

-I  used audio as well to really get a feel for what this experience might be like for those who are more aware of Black History and for those who might not be. 

-I hope by getting up close this forces the viewers and participants to experience Black History in a new light. I hope to create a new way to experience a gallery.

Until Next time! 🙂

https://first-latency-df1.notion.site/3-31-23-Caroline-1-1-cf89bf5d3a3041868d4596f97189b45f

From my last conversation with Sarah, she suggested that I created a user storyboard.

This shows the whole system of my project, and how the user’s photos are taken and displayed on my social media website.

The workshops were really helpful. My group was Jun, Zoe, and Zaida. They helped me focus in on one path to follow instead of being torn between two and encouraged me to focus on whatever aspects make me excited to do the project. I think I’m going to focus in on what makes big tech platforms more boring over time. Then, I’ll address some of those issues through my site design.

Also the end peer session was helpful. My computer died but up until then it was useful to sort out my production schedule and prototype 👍

https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVMX7xpAA=/

Showed a rough visual of how the website can look. PROTOTYPE SIDES OF ROUGH WEBSITE VISUAL AESTHETIC The audio wouldn’t play on zoom. Jheanell had the idea to play around with adding a white card behind each quote so it looks like a note card, but keep it the same font instead of a handwritten font because the feedback on current font choice is good. Then between the version where it shows up one at a time or multiple on the page at once, the one at a time was preferred – though it would depend on how they appear and disappear. I think one at a time is what I’m going to go with. I need to add arrow or button of some sort so it’s clear there’s more affirmations you can see after the one you’re currently viewing. Also some sort of “how to write an effective affirmation guide” would be helpful for when people want to add their own affirmation – so there’s some guidance on how to write one and also an opportunity to tie in the research I’ve done. Someone said that the location element is probably the most interesting because seeing how this person from Egypt said this makes the person and their shared quote feel more real.

Also asked Brian on if there’s a general practice if someone I reach out to say they will get back to me but haven’t yet, do I reach back out? The recommendation is that if the person’s response is important to the survey or project, then yes you can, if it’s not, and their response is interchangeable then no need. This was super helpful and clarifying!