I really liked this “Iamascope” project as it has this element of anticipation: what kind of pattern will it produce when i stand there?? this is very interesting as even though a person does have a certain control over the displayed pattern, there are still some computer-generated details that seem unpredictable hence exciting! Moreover, the music as well adds on to that unpredictability and excitement that comes with interacting with the object.
Also I realized that my midterm project was similar to Jigsaw in a sense that it was the third type (dynamic – interactive). I mean, of course, we could have done a bit more in terms of various responses, however the intention was there 🙂
Anyway, I digress.
Some ideas that I have generated while reading:
- games for people: not sure if i will move forward with any kind of game (in terms of a game that requires 2+ people), however i have an idea of using LEDs and sounds (as well as some sensors maybe to record what people do (I was thinking about giving people the area to completely cover by stepping on it and then who does it faster – wins). So like the shade would be like a drawing force on the floor/wall at which the light is directed. (maybe not shade, maybe it could be some thing that resembles a pen or like a VR thing)
- attraction: bright LEDs on the floor, cool installation
- sustaining: competition element
- relation: want to win again/try again – winning should be quite rewarding
- “screaming gallery”: build a cardboard box that would have led all over it. Invite a person inside and then maybe it could be a screaming-drawing machine! and then on the outside of the box there would be a projectory of the artwork that a person is “screaming” inside. (some ideas not to forget: add a time limit/stop button, buttons to switch the color of the thing, save all the artworks and display as a collage when no one is in there, can i use projector? maybe add an option to send out the artwork (the name could be put in)) should it be LEDS that the person is drawing on? or maybe the color is going to depend on the position where the person stands/the volume of their scream? (on idea is to divide spaces on the floor corresponding to the areas on the screen? and then each person just going to show the color)
- attraction: cool room, LEDs, maybe some attractive sins
- sustaining: a person creates its own artwork using unconventional way (they are curious how it works, what are they going to end up with
- relating: people might want to create different types of artwork
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- so, for this project I am struggling with, of course, finalizing what mechanisms imma be using to draw (is the drawing going to be LED matrix? or should be the whiteboard? How a person going to position where to paint
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these two ideas are utilizing “ambient” approach described by Edmond (16).
both of them are “varying” and “influencing” artworks.
Shaping Forms by Ernest Edmond is a big one, of course. It is mentioned in the book and, surely, my ideas have a certain similarity to it.
also the idea that “engagement can grow with experience”. indeed, if the engagement is successfully sustained in the process of interaction, the initial attraction might not be as important. gon note that,