Week Summary:

This has been an exciting week in the project. 

Now KP Richard and myself have really had the chance to start talking about our thoughts and ideas for where we might want to go.

Additionally we’ve begun tutorials with Andrew and Sitraka in ARDUINO! Arduino is kind of like the grown up version of the Bare Conductive touchboard I worked with for the last project. Feels like endless possiblities. 

I’m totally new to all of this so it’s a bit intimidating but really, really gratifying as well. Like, if I get one LED light to turn on I am PSYCHED. That’s an over-zealous eager American for you.

Below I’ll talk a little about our various ideas and how the workshops have gone down, some side research, etc. 

The Arduino is one amazing piece of technology. 

Of course it’s endlessly frustrating when you’ve no idea what you’re doing but regardless, I’m having a great time working with it. 

Just getting down to the Basics really this week... getting a light to turn on. Simple understanding of  how the language works (the code.) 

There are so many things to remember, at one point I started taking a visual note using my instagram story. Not sorry: 

KP talked to us this week about a type of 360 degree camera apparatus that was invented and allows a photo to be taken around the subject... not sure totally how to describe it but he was well versed. I wish I had the example he gave but I can’t find it; it was like a live action water-sport moment that froze and the camera went all around the athlete mid-air. Really cool looking. (for lack of better descriptors at the moment, sorry.) 

Led me to find this which I thought was applicable given we’re delving into the DIY culture here. Someone’s solution to photography around a large 360 degree object...

https://www.webrotate360.com/blog/2013/360-photography-of-large-objects-diy.aspx

We talked as well about VR, AR, Ai, Holograms...you know, the usual. 

I learned about “Pepper’s Ghost” techniques from the theatre, and how similar idealogy is applied to at home DIY Holographic possibilities. 

example of the DIY pyramid: 

I was bringing up some strange stuff but bear with me: 

PIONEER TOYS: Simple kids’ toys that work on basic concepts and visual tricks. In particular the bird in cage pendant that you can spin in order to make it look like the bird is in a cage. 

My sister and I went through a big “pioneers” phase when we were little so I used to play with these all the time. I’m really interested in using basic, really old techniques to accomplish something new.

(this is what those toys look like. My sis and I used to make them ourselves.)


I also talked about how I used to make those rotating “movie” diaroamas for school projects and book reports growing up. Two paper towel tubes and a long strip of paper that you can roll along and show the visuals while you tell the story.