Tech allows you to push boundaries of art

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Project 2 : New week...new developments

Since before thanksgiving break, our direction has taken a couple of turns...for the better.  A couple posts ago I talked about various projected alterations subsequent to the critiques.  These too have been modified according to the following:

- Reduce user accessibility to mechanics/electronics
- Entire 'box' will be oriented in reverse
- Keep the 'box' in the backpack, thus getting rid of the clumsy and unsightly hinges
- Metal housing to cover 'box' and provide drawing space for user
- Camera will be fixed inside 'box' and triggered by the action of a user enter a piece of artwork
- Directions or other signage will be added on internal flap
- Digital camera will be similar to:

Before Revisit....aka pre-renaissance

Project 2 Critiques and moving forward

During the critiques we received some of the following comments:

-Some liked the rustic box, could be redone

-Some electrical bumps

-Hinges were not a favorite- looked sloppy and thrown together

-Liked the backpack/nomadic theme

-Everybody really liked the overall purpose

-Should demonstrate real world use / trials

-Could somehow scan the pictures to document each piece of art

-Liked idea of each piece of art having equal value, takes out power/money/subjectivity

-Many people thought that it was exciting and something that they would want to interact with

As a result we have decided to:

-Modify a camera to be able to take snapshot of each picture once it is inserted (this would be triggered by an infrared sensing circuit which would turn the switch to the '1' or  'on' level on the camera...thus asking it to take a picture as the new picture reaches the tray)

-New hinges/housing

-Update mechanics and troubleshoot electrical bugs

-Update and validate programming files

-Take it out into the real world for a trial run!

proj 3...inspired by blood & organs

Project 3