Installation Report

So now my installation is over, and WOAH that was super stressful, so much work goes into a full installation.. I think next time it may be better to focus on one object unless in a team situation - so much technology and other factors to rely on..Some snaps are below..

Poster

This is my poster I have emailed out to invite people to my exhibition..

Technical Difficulties

On Friday I tried to hold my exhibition but due to technical complications it wasn't possible.. So it has been postponed until Tuesday :)  I will be re-inviting everybody - not sure when to start or finish due to having overdue equipment etc and I don't want to hog it for those others trying to exhibit..  I hope that I can get stuff together and exhibit early to make for a quick pack down..

New Clock Sensor

So after feedback from the alpha presentation I decided to swap my sensor over to Ultrasonic so it could take the entire room into account - I found this website to implement it :) So I have that working great! Everything's on its way to coming together!

Final (Before Testing in Room) Face Display

So this is kind of the final image of my face mirror - I will adjust when in the room fully.. but for now it looks something like this :)

It makes the face ultimately paler while adding dark circles under the eyes ..

Eye Tracker Progress - Touchy!

I have done some more on my eye tracker - with adding a layering effect of the eyes.. It is quite interesting because it sometimes recognises and sometimes doesn't but here's a picture to show progress

On the left is the tracker finding my eyes and painting spheres over them.. then the right is the feedback in the mirror, with two dark circles altering the colour of my eyes..

This is a close up but its not quite as obvious as I would like .. Still attempting to make it to darker without making it look fake.. Left it captured image and right is altered image.

This one is slightly better but the circles are quite wide it looks like shadow casting - I am going to work with the shape a little tomorrow to try and get it more precise yet the colour contrast is quite nice..

Quiz # 4 - Report

The work I have chosen is Crossfire by Geoffrey Mann.  This work has stuck in my head since one of the first lectures.


To summarize, this work is by an industrial designer who decided to use audio to mould and shape everyday objects.  The waves ripple through each object and at the end creates the actual distorted object.  I enjoyed this work because I thought it was bizarre to let audio determine the shape of physical 3d objects.  They become unique and have endless opportunities.  For example, someone could say they liked a certain song and the song could determine the shapes of their plates, cups, knifes, forks and spoons.  If it was commercialized it could become a very unique yet individual market.


This work was apart of Geoffrey Mann's series called Natural Occurrence, which he explains as, "The Natural Occurrence Series renders the impossible through encapsulating the beauty that exists above and apart from the material world."  I think he has a unique look and perspective about how objects can be formed differently, each piece individually is as intriguing as the next.. Together the series outputs many different objects, that are familiar yet distorted in a beautiful way.  I really enjoy the videos because it just helps visualise the processes and methods he went through in order to get his final products.


If you want to find out more, visit his website Studio*Mrmann