Here is a low-res thumbnail of the 1200mm x 600mm drawing we displayed as part of our group work looking at the use of sound to map experience (titled Shifting Fields). The presentation drawing was done as an all vector illustrator file and looks tight (also colours have gone all sorts of wrong on this uploaded one). We combined a photo-voltaic charger with a few bits of simple wiring to create a sound directly controlled by the amount and type of light hitting the photo-voltaic panels... I'll try to get the sound clip uploaded but it illustrates a journey underground in to one of Kent's WWII relics which we attempted to map using torch lights as a kind of photo-sonar (SOUND CLIP ATTACHED BELOW - HIT PLAY ON THE GABCAST PLAYER)...
The main criticism from our review was that the coloured 'sensational' part seemed superfluous so next step is to analyse and illustrate the sound mesh on the left to a greater degree of detail, removing the coloured part to the annals of groupwork past.
Alongside the image, we presented a box which contained all of our paper research in combination with the recording equipment to allow users to interact and create their own sounds using hidden lights under the lid.
Just been reading over Andy Dunnes, Design Noir: Secret life of electronics objects and from the beginning sets out the theory behind hertzian space, which is the invisible subworld of electromagnetic dreams, which convey the hidden realities and subvertive attitudes of these objects and spaces.
ReplyDeleteI think your stuff fits pretty well into that, obviously focusing on the spectrum of light and its influence upon space. He also describes the possibilities of developing architectural models which are influenced by this hertzian space. Exploring building typographies in reference to hertzian space, which provides shelter from it, filters it, furnished views of it, and privacy from it. Nice area to explore, which I will be looking at too!
Petey....its Anthony Dunne....Andy Dunne appears to be (after a google search) a fairly suspect folk singer. xxx
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