Concept and realization( - conceptualization of initial idea)
The uncertainty of lives has been enhanced as we consume more choices and controls of
information. I consider that these chances and probabilities create various combinations of
events which could be composed by collective senses of time and space.
Installation with diverse shakers represents our interactions between the mixtures ofpossibilities.
The inspiration of „Shakers‟(spice bottles)is not for seasoning food but for flavoring creations.
Whereas they lose their practicality, they gain other identities to create visions and scents.
Powder is supposed to be tiny particles of earth or seeds of organisms consisting of a certain
pattern of generation. Audience can play them by shaking bottles onto the plates.
Each shaker embodies different rule sets of creations that generate granules, their reactions,
syntheses, and their collapse and disappearance. It is also embedded with scent dispenser
that disperses different smell of earth. As audience sprinkle different shakers, they generate
images of particles and dispersethe scent of organisms such as earth, decaying leaves, wood
and flower.Expectantly, those collective smells formulate a forest-like atmosphere playing with
genetic visuals and eventually it could craft more memorable experiences.

Background
It is one of my ongoing project of interactive narrative installation work. It is based on my idea and inspiration of previous work of mine.

Audience
From children(age 5) to adults

User Scenario
from Concept and realization
...As audience sprinkle different shakers, they generate
images of particles and disperse the scent of organisms such as earth, decaying leaves, wood
and flower.Expectantly, those collective smells formulate a forest-like atmosphere playing with
genetic visuals and eventually it could craft more memorable experiences.

Implementation
Hardware
Each bottle contains the Xbeeradio module, Tilt switch, Scent dispenser and RFID tag.
Plates placed on the table are also equipped with Xbeeradio.
When people sprinkle it onto the plate, RFID tag reader which is attached
under the plate recognizes the presence and IDs of each shaker.
Tilt switch measures on and offs by tilting shaker constantly.
It also turns on scent dispenser to disperse the scent in time interval.
Additional Xbeeradio which is connected to computer, receives this data and
provide particle data depending on how many times people distribute it.
Software
-Genetic algorithms
„Shakers‟ are a variety of containers for randomly generating creative forms.
Similar to how genes of organisms have their own traits and settings to evolve themselves,
each group of cells is implemented with a set of rules(methods) the way they evolve.
The population of particles are randomly generated by distributing.
Once particles are dispersed, they evaluate and select mating cells(two “parent”)from the population and perform crossover which creates a “child”. By mating, they mutate the virtual DNA with their given probability. There are few steps of algorithmic process.

Conclusion
I am still working on this project. It is on the progress, now. I have been facing with many technical difficulties. So far, I understood how Xbee communication works. Hopefully I want to make things done in wireless communication and camera detection.