Other Electronic Options

Brought to my attention:
Repurposing an iPhone--or its equivalent--to be the sound unit.
In thinking about it:

A little photo I found on the web.

1) The camera lens could be used as the sensor with the base image being a white field and the viewer stepping into its range and breaking the differential
2) The unit already contains a pre-amp and speaker hook-up
3) It can be programmed with an app

Issues:
1) Proprietary issues
2) Powering the unit; many microcontrollers require much less energy
3) Expense. Microcontrollers are in the $ 35 range, smart phones--even used ones--will run about
$ 100.

And, if I'm not running this remotely, I wonder if it's needed.

The original idea for a microcontroller with chip is most interesting since the unit is stand-alone and the chip could be added without additional programming.

Kickstarter Campaign is up

Within a few minutes of it going live, I had two pledges. By this morning I had three backers.
Thanks for your help.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1887749049/steel-ice-and-stone

Grace Gallery was a hit

A brief opening with visits of students, faculty and College administration, I got to observe the traffic of viewers through the installation in actual-size, in real time.
Photos will be posted shortly, but here are some immediate notes:
• the direction viewers walk through the piece is strongly determined; therefore the backs of the works need to be considered
• A suggestion was to put the same image on the back or two make the image transparent like a duratrans. That is exciting however:
       a) If the same image is on the other side, would it be the exact image or a flop (mirror image) of it to allude transparency? What would the other side of a piece of ice or stone look like? It was never shot.
       b) Would a duratrans require options (electricity, wires, etc) that would prove distracting? And, the casing would need a certain depth to avoid light show through.
• Viewers commented on other display methods; that perhaps suspension may not be necessary, The foam stands worked fine; perhaps something made of a clear material might be just as effective.
• Another viewer commented that the piece was truly interactive but from a deeply personal perspective: the viewer is delivered to their own personal environment by the large images and sound without the action of electronics--the ultimate goal of the piece.

Even more text...

Since I was younger I’ve examined chapters in my life. I observed details of the people and places around me and carefully stored them in my mind and in my heart, years later to be reconsidered, perhaps understood, often just demystified. A friend mused that many questions in our lives will go unanswered. True, perhaps, but an understanding of the crux would transform an internal conflict to peaceful acceptance of life’s inevitabilities.

Grace Gallery coming up

Very excited.
Posters are going up, invites going out, postings on the social media.
Have to think about all the detail since new tiled images were printed and trimmed a little while ago.
The nor'easter is scheduled for this week, not next, so I think maybe this time it will show. This rather nice photo came from the web.

Wonderful vid

Saw something amazing today on Vimeo, have a look:

https://vimeo.com/60444631

The sound design is fabulous.

Grace Gallery Rescheduled

A hurricane got in the way of the Proto 1 phase of SIS, but, finally, I received a reschedule date:
The exhibition opens on
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Between 4-6 PM
and will run until the 22nd when it will come down over the weekend.

There were some revises I worked on during the downtime, I have to finalize them in time for the event.