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Cpsami: /* Final Design */

2010-03-20T00:34:50Z

‎Final Design

Cpsami at 00:32, 20 March 2010

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Cpsami at 16:15, 2 March 2010

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Cpsami at 03:22, 4 February 2010

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Cpsami: /* Useful skills? */

2010-02-02T23:28:03Z

‎Useful skills?

Cpsami at 23:13, 2 February 2010

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Cpsami at 23:11, 2 February 2010

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Cpsami at 01:52, 1 February 2010

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Cpsami at 01:51, 1 February 2010

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Cpsami: /* Visualization */

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‎Visualization

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 I decided to do a wire sculpture instead, since it fit thematically with my piece better.  I focused less on orgasm and more on the "woman as analog" concept.  I have a few thoughts on how the male perspective interacts with female bodies, but I think the piece can have many meanings.  The screen displays a woman's body, covered up by pixel-like squares.  There are intentional references to pixels to make the piece more about the digitalization of sex.
 http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af128/zaydami/for%20school/pixelwoman.png
 http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs499.ash1/27244_1397950353466_1373473558_1094390_4900652_n.jpg

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 == Final Project ==
-Working Title: ''The Doppelganger''
+Working Title: ''The Female Enigma''
 === Rough Concept ===
-I will use either a motion sensor or a microphone to detect when viewers are in front of my device.  This will either cause a mirror to light up or for the device to project an image (camera obscura style perhaps) of the viewer and it will be somehow altered.  I want to explore the way we have alternate personas and how complex they can become.  Can I make some viewers realize just how "two-faced" they can be?  What is it like to have multiple-personality disorder?
+I want to create a sculpture of a woman with three potentiometers representing her main erogenous zones.  The goal would to get people to interact with her body in order to induce "orgasm".  There would be some sort of display on my laptop screen which would give feedback.  I want to explore woman as analog and how men interact with female bodies digitally.  I would construct the sculpture out of clay, and maybe spray it silver.
-=== Diagrams ===
+=== Final Design ===
-http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af128/zaydami/for%20school/finalmirror.png
+I decided to do a wire sculpture instead, since it fit thematically with my piece better.  I focused less on orgasm and more on the "woman as analog" concept.  I have a few thoughts on how the male perspective interacts with female bodies, but I think the piece can have many meanings.  The screen displays a woman's body, covered up by pixel-like squares.  There are intentional references to pixels to make the piece more about the digitalization of sex.
-http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af128/zaydami/for%20school/finalobscura.png

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	So, don't leave your plants all alone and scared without a nightlight or something...		So, don't leave your plants all alone and scared without a nightlight or something...
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		+	== Final Project ==
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		+	Working Title: ''The Doppelganger''
		+
		+	=== Rough Concept ===
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		+	I will use either a motion sensor or a microphone to detect when viewers are in front of my device. This will either cause a mirror to light up or for the device to project an image (camera obscura style perhaps) of the viewer and it will be somehow altered. I want to explore the way we have alternate personas and how complex they can become. Can I make some viewers realize just how "two-faced" they can be? What is it like to have multiple-personality disorder?
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		+	=== Diagrams ===
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		+	http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af128/zaydami/for%20school/finalmirror.png
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		+	http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af128/zaydami/for%20school/finalobscura.png

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 == Midterm Project ==
-A Scaredy Plant
+'''Pansy Pansy'''
 === Rough Concept ===
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 === Final Design ===
-I decided it would be more dynamic if the plant began by shaking, and would only stop when the viewer shines a bright light upon it.  The project becomes reinterpreted from a "Happy Plant" that enjoys light, to a "Scaredy Plant" that is afraid of the dark.  I think this is thematically more complex and interesting as well.  I have always wondered how plants feel about the dark, since they need light to survive.  Are they afraid that the sun might not rise again?  With a vibrating motor and a photoresistor, I've given the plant the ability to express its fear by quivering in its... roots.
+I decided it would be more dynamic if the plant began by shaking, and would only stop when the viewer shines a bright light upon it.  The project becomes reinterpreted from a "Happy Plant" that enjoys light, to a "Scaredy Plant" that is afraid of the dark.  I think this is thematically more complex and interesting as well.  I have always wondered how plants feel about the dark, since they need light to survive.  Are they afraid that the sun might not rise again?  With a vibrating motor and a photoresistor, I've given the plant the ability to express its fear by shaking in its... roots.
 I think people will relate to their own fears of the dark with this project.  What would happen if the sun were blocked out by nuclear war?  What does it mean if the only emotion the plant can express is fear?  (By contrast, does it express relaxation?)  And aesthetically, what's the significance of combining something organic with a battery powered mechanical device?
-Here is my circuit (coming soon):
+=== Circuit Graphics ===
 I also included a switch that I cannibalized from a toy, and the 1k potentiometer so I can adjust light sensitivity for different light environments.
 === Photo Documentation  ===
-coming soon.
+A perfectly still, calm Purple Pansy in the light:

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 *various crafts (jewelry, plastic bag fusing, making chocolate truffles?...)
 *sewing
+*learning Processing
 == Field Research ==

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 == Midterm Project ==
-A Happy Plant
+A Scaredy Plant
-=== Visualizations ===
+=== Rough Concept ===
 http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af128/zaydami/for%20school/happyplant.png
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 http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af128/zaydami/for%20school/happyplantcircuit.png
-=== Concept ===
+=== Final Design ===
-I didn't like my other idea.  Mostly because I don't want to have to locate a Bible.  So, something light instead: Happy Plant.    When you shine a light on it, it jiggles.  I'm stealing the parts from a vibrating back massaging thing, and trying to learn how to make a photoresistor work...
+coming soon.

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 Switching Sexuality
-=== Visualization ===
+=== Visualizations ===
-(fancy picture goes here once I figure out how to connect a scanner to a mac.  Curse my PC upbringing)
 === Concept ===