Idea 1: To Build a secret hideout for us to sleep in IM Room.
my initial idea was to build a structure that allows people to go up and as IM student, we could sleep there or rest there, since it would be really nice to place a bed on top and we could just go up and sleep during our free time. and this is part of my research to build the system, of if it gets too expensive, I might use the bamboo pole in the IM room to make a ladder since the height is 4meters tall, and a metal ladder is quite expensive in the first place. I also used a drone to check if it look like it is walkable or not, apparently it seemed like we could walk on it!
http://www.rombout.design/vertiwalk/
after the researches, I decided to try to inspect by climbing up once to make sure if it is walkable, as it might be a fake ceiling thing, in the end, I used a ball tied to a long pole and threw it onto the top to listen to the sound, it sounded really hollow with the dampen drum sound and I gave up this idea because I don’t want to vandalize the school by making a hole on top.
Bye my secret hideout.
Idea 2: scout around to find materials which are cheap and make sense for interactive spaces.
first, the place should have decent price range and generic product, and maybe carry some big items at cheap price. so 2 place came to my mind.
Daiso and Ikea.
90cm x8mm plastic rod x3
180cm x 5mm flecible rod x2
210cm x 16mm plastic rod x1
90cm x 5mm bendable rod x 3
80cm x 3cm wooden pole
plastic fence
Wire net
mini table and chair. imagine making a mini space with this. ahaha
146cm x 90cm sunshade
39cm x 39cm cat preventing carpet thingy
broom. can create a flying lesson of harrypotter. LOLL
31cm x 30cm wooden pallet
500cm x 30cm reflection foil thingy for kitchen
600cm x 30cm foam sheet
57cm x 32cm x 34cm foldable netting bag
36cm x 36cm x 23cm food cover
all the above are from Daiso, so $2 each.
30m paper roll $9.9 and paper roll stand $14.9
circus tent thingy, $24.9
Swing $29.9
Cushion $3.90
Ice maker plastic, 10 piece, each piece could make about 30. ice seems like an really interesting object to make use of, because it got an element of time in it.
$0.9 ceramic bowl, it might be really fun to smash them, but then, safety concern.
210 to 385cm extendable metal rod, they could only extend but not lock, $9.9 This might be really good for constructing something..
floor lamp, $7.9, this one is another interesting object, visually they look good and when placed in repetition, they might look even better. and many things could be done to them ,like painting on it.
Table lamp, $3.9, even cheaper, smaller, but because they are cheaper, more could be used, making the the space even more interesting, depending on how they are placed.
mirror $3.9, mirrors are super interesting to work with, as they reflect light and give a sense of additional space.
double side frame, $0.9 another cheap item that can be placed anywhere.
Candles, this is the object I am most interested in till this point.
more candles. yes, I could figure a use for them.
IDEAS TIME!!!
These were the ideas I drew down in Ikea.
a circular white room will be constructed( probably in cloth) and a circle of spotlight will shine to the middle of the room. when the viewer enter the room,they would cast shadow depending on where they stand, or no shadow at all. and the viewer would be blinded by the light and feel confused.
a room with nothing but two big pairs of eye, since psychologically speaking, people will feel discomfort when others are looking at them, so by entering into a room with nothing other than a pair of eye staring at you seemed to be weird. however I think someone else had done this.
Onto the idea of candles, first, build a shelf with many candles lit on it, these candle have different smell and together they would smell like a bakery which is baking vanilla and cinnamon. whereas there will be a piece of cake(unflavoured) on the table, and the viewer might just taste the vanilla and cinnamon in the cake. Don’t know, but can try.
This is an slightly more interactive piece, there is an array of candles in a dark room. viewers are given a lighter and an candle snuffer (extinguisher) and can do whatever they want, be it to extinguish all the flame or to light all the candle, the fun part comes when multiple people doing different stuffs in the room and it will be a battle of light and darkness.
