Thread for Team Project Descriptions
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:37 am
Team Marco/Yun/Brian/Josh:
(Name TBD)
Cultural/Artistic motivation: -- A large scale public experiment on neuro-synesthesia. Inspired in part by the famous neuroscientific "kiki/booba" experiment, which demonstrates all people are synesthetic to some degree; this installation will seek out many other cross-sensory associations shared by the population.
Location: A multi-environment space, where each environment has a multi-sensory experience. The space is open to the public, with the intention of having many visitors at any given time.
Media: Visitors are presented with some multi-sensory environment in each sub-location. These will include not only video and audio , but also text, symbols (a la kiki/booba) and tactile sensations. (The latter could be a large tactile wall using technology as described here: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation ... =allsearch ) Also the sensations of natural light and enclosed spaces, through dynamic architectures, moveable ceilings/roofs, etc. The combinations of sensory experiences in each sub-space will be carefully designed to track user associations in a significant way; and will change over time.
Sensors: Visitor movement (and condition and interaction) is tracked over weeks and months. This may involve "surveillance-like" technology (to track which media elements the visitors gravitate toward), as well as some form of intentional user interaction.
Processing: Data is assembled and processed over time. Statistics will demonstrate cross-sensory (synesthetic) associations which resonate most with the populace, thereby illustrating experiential/cognitive/cultural trends. This data may in turn be visualized in the space; and also may feed back into the system, impacting the distribution of sensory experiences, perhaps to further explore and refine specific trends. In addition, this will ideally prove a fairly scientific experiment with potentially publish-able results; one that can cast light on human perception.
(Name TBD)
Cultural/Artistic motivation: -- A large scale public experiment on neuro-synesthesia. Inspired in part by the famous neuroscientific "kiki/booba" experiment, which demonstrates all people are synesthetic to some degree; this installation will seek out many other cross-sensory associations shared by the population.
Location: A multi-environment space, where each environment has a multi-sensory experience. The space is open to the public, with the intention of having many visitors at any given time.
Media: Visitors are presented with some multi-sensory environment in each sub-location. These will include not only video and audio , but also text, symbols (a la kiki/booba) and tactile sensations. (The latter could be a large tactile wall using technology as described here: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation ... =allsearch ) Also the sensations of natural light and enclosed spaces, through dynamic architectures, moveable ceilings/roofs, etc. The combinations of sensory experiences in each sub-space will be carefully designed to track user associations in a significant way; and will change over time.
Sensors: Visitor movement (and condition and interaction) is tracked over weeks and months. This may involve "surveillance-like" technology (to track which media elements the visitors gravitate toward), as well as some form of intentional user interaction.
Processing: Data is assembled and processed over time. Statistics will demonstrate cross-sensory (synesthetic) associations which resonate most with the populace, thereby illustrating experiential/cognitive/cultural trends. This data may in turn be visualized in the space; and also may feed back into the system, impacting the distribution of sensory experiences, perhaps to further explore and refine specific trends. In addition, this will ideally prove a fairly scientific experiment with potentially publish-able results; one that can cast light on human perception.