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Week 11: ADM-DIP White iLight Update

Proposal

Concept:

Ocean Sustainability

– Show the consequence of plastic pollution that affects the ocean, through the multiplication of jellyfishes.

Why jellyfish?

– Jellyfishes multiply when the temperature of the ocean is affected by pollution. Increasing high number of jellyfish is a strong warning that our ocean is dying.

Storyboard:

  1. No one steps on:

a. A few jellyfish are lit up (light intensity = heartbeat) and will move up and down (creates a sense of life)

b. Floor has blue ripples (ocean)

2. Someone steps on:

a. A few more are lit up

3. A couple of people step on:

a. Floor has violet ripples

b. More jellyfish light up

4. Many steps on:

a. All jellyfish are lit up

b. Red ripples on the floor

 

Technology:

Pulley system – up and down (Moving the jellyfishes)

Stepping plate – change the background light (showing the warning of the dying ocean)

LED light – lighting up jellyfishes

 

Material of jellyfish:

  1. Shower cap/any translucent plastic
  2. Metal wire
  3. Plastic bottle
  4. Nylon thread
  5. Organza fabric

Interactivity with children

  • Netting of jellyfish printed on paper → cut and fold using glue (and process of researching of alternatives)
  • Where do we put the paper jellyfish after: separate rack or together with the installation?

Site Option:

Team members and responsibilities:

Kay – Video Rendering, Research on children’s interactivity

Raymond – Video Rendering

Ummi – 3D Model Rendering

Aaron – Research on children’s interactivity, Research on lighting components

Laura – Timeline/Gantt Chart

Week 6 Reflection: Future World @ ArtScience Museum

  • reflection on how and what you experienced, observed, and learned from the visit

It was my first ever trip to Future World @ ArtScience Museum. Normally, my attention span for museums and exhibitions are short but Future World managed to make me feel interested and interact with the exhibitions.

The first exhibit; when it was ongoing, all I could think of was trying to keep my mind still as it was slowly making me dizzy.

The second exhibit; although it has the feel of serenity, the sound of waves crashing, it became one of the spots for visitors to have Instagram-worthy photos — which could be an extra outcome of the exhibit too.

With the first two exhibits, I was reflecting back on the previous elective module I took, creating patterns to be made into interactive art at the Media Wall in NTU. It was pretty similar but this exhibit was more intense, with all the details… I was in awe.

Moving on, I was attracted to be a kid again over at the Sketch Town. My friends and I started to choose the things we want to do, and realised that we could scan our colourings to be up at the big screen, appreciating our artworks.

After admiring our artworks up on the screen, we got to know that we could scan our 2D artworks into 3D.

I liked how Sketch Town itself engages the visitors, especially children (and me) into the colouring and seeing their artworks up on the screen. To me, they have achieved the interactivity aspect of the exhibition.

Walking past the next few exhibits got me thinking of how my team and I could incorporate certain technologies into our iLight project. For example, the interchangable lights when user interact with the exhibit?