Simple Mechanics Study

15 September 2019 User Interface: thoughts Interactive interfaces for the installation Support Prop structures: Models Tripod at baseTripod at top Aesthetics: Precedent - Bristol Whales Sculpture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sKgXfPcd1M Flapping and constraint mechanism: Reading - Making Simple Automata, Robert Race Muttering Bird - Mechanics studyCamshaft Historical precedents of 'Automata'Quote - Basics of interactive objects Everyday example: Gym… Continue reading Simple Mechanics Study

Material Study -II

11 September 2019 Prototype 5: PVC Fabric stretched across wire frame Prototype 6: Based on found materials and inspiring objects at the site: Participatory trash collection?Using Chicken mesh for structure: Casting and moulding induction with Anna

Materials and motion

10 Aug 2019 My recent site visit inspired me to create an engaging kinetic (or mechanical?) installation on the green patch between the unnamed road coming from Brick Lane, and the tunnel leading to the Nomadic Community Gardens. I realized that despite a number of children visiting the area, the swing pole was inaccessible and… Continue reading Materials and motion

Material exploration

06 September 2019 I found this Jacob's Ladder toy at the V&A Museum of Childhood on our way to the site from Bethnal Greens station. I was quite intrigued at seeing the object, and wasn't quite sure what one was supposed to do with it.. But the clever arrangement of ribbons connecting wooden slats, such… Continue reading Material exploration

Modular & Interactive Objects

04 September 2019 Kinetic Sculptures https://youtu.be/vVHtCaoPbMI Interactive Toys Jacob's Ladder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgIyPDSxa3c Kyung Hwa's example of Chinese Opera and changing masks as objects of engagement https://www.facebook.com/InTheKnowCreativebyAOL/videos/2051114428302577?sfns=1

Souvinirs

Thinking: Objects; Contemporary Approaches to Product Design Symbol of an experienceIndividual emotional valueFeelings captured in an objectInterpreted differently by different people, based on individual experiences Urban Jewellery by Liesbet Bussche Souvinirs for the city? Souvinirs as objects of engagementModular artwork changing and transforming itself to represent ideas, aesthetics, views of people Stimulus for chance interaction,… Continue reading Souvinirs

Notes from today’s ‘drift’ in Granada..

29 Aug 2019 Planned journey-from London to Granada - a contrast from the adventure of walking/riding through cobblestone streets of the historic Moorish town. Housed in a beautiful Moroccan villa with views to the alhambra monument and the beautiful Carrera del Darro street below.City planned at the time of Moorish rule in Spain, complete with… Continue reading Notes from today’s ‘drift’ in Granada..

Sounds of the City

21 Aug 2019 Navigating London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGbr7x1zHy8&feature=youtu.be Sound recordings collected while navigating London Sound workshop 27 Aug 2019 In today’s sound workshop with Matt, we learnt some ways of expressing, enhancing and enriching narratives through the use and analysis of sound markers, overlaying, repetition and reverberation of sound tracks. In a team of 4, we recorded… Continue reading Sounds of the City

Navigating London

21 August 2019 collinsdictionary.com We started our journey on the Central line this morning, as Wooli, Lilly and I met at Totenhamcourt Road station to check out the piano that has been placed on the site.. The piano was locked from public use, but we were impressed by the artwork on the paneling in the… Continue reading Navigating London