Tuesday, February 12, 2008
brian and greta -- research topic
Research Agenda
ScreenScreenWe are interested in the screen, not only as an 2-dimensional architectural element that modulates spatial effects (such as light and change in visibility) but also as a means to transmit information through a legible change in properties. The screen is a reference to common architectural elements, such as partitions, window shades, and Japanese shojis. It also references the technological screen by processing information and representing it on a surface to be read. It is an effort to conflate the two meanings of “screen.”
One possibility is to transmit the electrical impulses through the screen by triggering a series of movements.
Placeless/PlaceableWe are also interested in developing a prototype that can easily be setup and/or deployed in a relationship with an existing architecturalelement (ie a small screen that can quickly be mounted on a glass curtain wall), whose output would re-mediate the experience of insideand outside. There will be a potential to create a parasitic, symbiotic, or even destructive relationship between the elements. For instance, a parasitic prototype could steal power from the host architecture or it could symbiotically collect wasted heat energy that would somehow feed into a window washing unit.
Realization
The series of prototypes must be a physical experiment for the possibility of these effects. Our set-up will be a test-case for future implementation of the apparatus on to a host architecture.
Research Topic
Usefulness
Our prototype series will focus output. For this research, the mechanism will be triggered by a very simple input, but should later be repurposed to support a cultural or political agenda.
We are skeptical of the idea of ubiquitous computing and much of its common application and would like to create a response/effect that is visible/conscious.
The best possible screen for the first assignment may be a lightweight plastic screen. This would be a simple way to offer the translucent visibility we are looking for. For the first assignment we create a simple push-pull motion with sliding squares connected to the flexinol wire. Their movement will create an effect in the space beyond.
ScreenScreenWe are interested in the screen, not only as an 2-dimensional architectural element that modulates spatial effects (such as light and change in visibility) but also as a means to transmit information through a legible change in properties. The screen is a reference to common architectural elements, such as partitions, window shades, and Japanese shojis. It also references the technological screen by processing information and representing it on a surface to be read. It is an effort to conflate the two meanings of “screen.”
One possibility is to transmit the electrical impulses through the screen by triggering a series of movements.
Placeless/PlaceableWe are also interested in developing a prototype that can easily be setup and/or deployed in a relationship with an existing architecturalelement (ie a small screen that can quickly be mounted on a glass curtain wall), whose output would re-mediate the experience of insideand outside. There will be a potential to create a parasitic, symbiotic, or even destructive relationship between the elements. For instance, a parasitic prototype could steal power from the host architecture or it could symbiotically collect wasted heat energy that would somehow feed into a window washing unit.
Realization
The series of prototypes must be a physical experiment for the possibility of these effects. Our set-up will be a test-case for future implementation of the apparatus on to a host architecture.
Research Topic
Usefulness
Our prototype series will focus output. For this research, the mechanism will be triggered by a very simple input, but should later be repurposed to support a cultural or political agenda.
We are skeptical of the idea of ubiquitous computing and much of its common application and would like to create a response/effect that is visible/conscious.
The best possible screen for the first assignment may be a lightweight plastic screen. This would be a simple way to offer the translucent visibility we are looking for. For the first assignment we create a simple push-pull motion with sliding squares connected to the flexinol wire. Their movement will create an effect in the space beyond.
# posted by greta : 10:48 AM
