I decided for this project that I wanted to create my own "constellations". The first is The Fox, the second didn't work out, and the 3rd is The Mountain.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Art Tracks Continued...
I did not have the GPS device and so I downloaded MAPMYTRACKS, an app for the iphone. It is designed for mapping tracks in a car or by foot but also has options for everything from mountain biking to hot air ballooning. I experienced problems downloading other applications because many require a iphone 4 (mine is a 3).
I decided for this project that I wanted to create my own "constellations". The first is The Fox, the second didn't work out, and the 3rd is The Mountain.
I decided for this project that I wanted to create my own "constellations". The first is The Fox, the second didn't work out, and the 3rd is The Mountain.
Tracks
On Thursday of last week Alice and I journeyed to the track field to experiment with our GPS device. The major problem we encountered was that the lines we made connected in bizarre ways connecting areas where we did not walk and making shapes out of lines. We were unable to get the tracks off the GPS onto her computer. Better luck next time....
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
This American Life
This podcast was amazing. It presents 5 people or companies who deal with mapping the world through the 5 senses.
Before I talk about the podcast I want to include a link to a Borges story about a group of cartographers who map an entire empire and each point coincides with the real location.
http://boingboing.net/2009/05/20/a-map-the-size-of-th.html The video is wonderful.
The first person interviewed was Dennis Wood who mapped out his neighborhood with very obscure visual maps for instance, which houses had pumpkins at Halloween and how the light trickled through trees in the summertime.
My favorite of the five was an interview with Toby Lester who mapped the sounds of refrigerator, heater and other mechanical sounds in his office and home. It made me think of creating a symphony based on the noises we hear daily. He talks about a book by Deryck Cooke called The Language of Music, that gives different emotional equations to notes, for example: "Pleasurably longing with a context of finality" and "Active anguish in a context of flux".
At the end the interviewer makes a comment about someday receiving a visitor who is a "house tuner', someone who will tune all the appliances so we can live in piece and harmony in our environments. I like this idea.
http://www.amazon.com/Language-Music-Clarendon-Paperbacks/dp/0198161808
The third group was Cyrano Sciences, the makers of an artificial nose. They mapped out certain chemical make-ups of scents and were able to create a nose that has a limited scent palette. They hope one day to be able to diagnose different illnesses with it. At the end the interviewer asks the question "Is smelling a purely human characteristic?" I added a picture so you can see the final casing they decided on. The interview took place before they had created an exterior for the "nose".
The fourth was a hypochondriac woman who mapped out her body by touch looking for tumors.
And the fifth was Jonathan Gold who mapped out an entire street by taste and the restaurants that lined it.
Before I talk about the podcast I want to include a link to a Borges story about a group of cartographers who map an entire empire and each point coincides with the real location.
http://boingboing.net/2009/05/20/a-map-the-size-of-th.html The video is wonderful.
The first person interviewed was Dennis Wood who mapped out his neighborhood with very obscure visual maps for instance, which houses had pumpkins at Halloween and how the light trickled through trees in the summertime.
My favorite of the five was an interview with Toby Lester who mapped the sounds of refrigerator, heater and other mechanical sounds in his office and home. It made me think of creating a symphony based on the noises we hear daily. He talks about a book by Deryck Cooke called The Language of Music, that gives different emotional equations to notes, for example: "Pleasurably longing with a context of finality" and "Active anguish in a context of flux".
At the end the interviewer makes a comment about someday receiving a visitor who is a "house tuner', someone who will tune all the appliances so we can live in piece and harmony in our environments. I like this idea.
http://www.amazon.com/Language-Music-Clarendon-Paperbacks/dp/0198161808
The fourth was a hypochondriac woman who mapped out her body by touch looking for tumors.
And the fifth was Jonathan Gold who mapped out an entire street by taste and the restaurants that lined it.
QR Code Adventures
I was struck by how simple it was to create a QR code! Each group presented a project completely unique from the other groups. They ranged from a scavenger hunt, a symphony, a choose your own adventure game, to a trippy visual video link.
Our group created a scavenger hunt, which began in the Art Building elevator. We bagan by walking around campus and taking pictures of the places we planned on leaving QR code clues.
This image was the most fun to follow people to. They had to unzip the sweater to scan the next code.
The last clue led them back to the elevator where they could begin their journey again!
Our group created a scavenger hunt, which began in the Art Building elevator. We bagan by walking around campus and taking pictures of the places we planned on leaving QR code clues.
When you scanned the QR code an image opened, which led you to the next clue.
This image was the most fun to follow people to. They had to unzip the sweater to scan the next code.
The last clue led them back to the elevator where they could begin their journey again!
We used http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ to generate our codes and then uploaded the images to a server and linked the location to the images.
It was fun and easy and I've already been generating more QR Codes!
Here is one for you to scan....
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