Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Art project |7:16 AM| Since I seem to think things out more clearly when I try to type/talk them out, this blog entry is a hodge podge of the design ideas for an installation art project that I need to have complete in just under 8 days.
Skipping it would probably be a lot less frustrating than picking through it, as it's just a long outline of thoughts.
Final Ideas
Framework with rotating spheres
Tube system resembling the organ structure of a creature
Chaotic motion generator See demonstration:
Large scale spectrum levels indicator, maybe a sound wave generator with 2 large knobs?
Tacky Representation of some cultural artifact, Easter Island Maoi, Pyramids, Rosetta stone, Cuniform tablets
Boom. The parallel relay controller: http://www.electronickits.com/kit/complete/elec/ck1601.htm
Already built so I don't have to learn how to do it in 8 days.
http://vixenlights.com/
http://www.spiffomatic64.com/lightshow/
What sort of art springs to mind
The "Enchanted Tree" at the exploratorium, which reacts to sound. (Light "travels" up the trunk into the branches)
Tree Picture
Tree Article
Wind powered kinetic sculpture, like
Theo Jansen 1
Theo Jansen 2
Or perhaps:
Alexander Calder
Sculpture on Ste-Hélène island
More
Calder
This is likely beyond my abilities but, interesting:
Solar Kinetic Mobile - Daniel Chadwick
LED art, like Tensor, by the late Kevin McCormick:
And then of course, there's that insane Christmas Light show, about 2 orders of magnitude beyond my current abilities
What have I learned from previous "crash" projects
Why is it that a lot of my projects end up a lot less elegant than their original designs?
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Lack of practice at the arts involved
Lack of planning and preparation
Subset: Use of the incorrect tools or improper materials (See light beacon)
Stubborness to not change course in the face of project-threatening issues, conflicts with preconceived notions
Resources available:
Enough computer components to make at least one, functioning though low performance machine.
I can borrow garage space, variety of hand tools, dremel
2 Stamp 2 chips, with one I/O board, and the components to make another
100 feet of 6 part wire harness
batteries out the wazoo
Supplies for making 1 Cmoy amplifier
hodge podge of resistors, LEDs, switches, knobs
Aspects: Necessary
Portable or at least, easily break-down-able
Weatherproof
Low power
Sturdy or fault tolerant in case someone stumbles into it.
relatively inexpensive in case of theft, destruction, and just general fiscal responsibility
Aspects that would be nice
Light
Interactivity
Self powered
-Solar?
Things I wonder if I can learn/build
3 component (Red Green Blue/Purple) LED array for a wider range of color options with a mixing system for same.
Self controlling electronic system (no Stamp, no computer, just capacitors/switches)
A mercury switch control arm ("senses" position of control via mercury switches in post)
Things I know I can do:
PVC pipe framework
Liquid filled plastic tubing with LED light sources
Motor control system through the Stamp 2's
"brush" power leads
Momentary switches (that wooden, 4 D-cell rocket igniter design)
The independent LED system used in "Throwies"
Links to relevant tutorials and products
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/09/control_a_led_matrix_display_u.html
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/present.php?p=Ethernet_LED_Matrix
Art project |7:16 AM| Since I seem to think things out more clearly when I try to type/talk them out, this blog entry is a hodge podge of the design ideas for an installation art project that I need to have complete in just under 8 days.
Skipping it would probably be a lot less frustrating than picking through it, as it's just a long outline of thoughts.
Final Ideas
Framework with rotating spheres
Tube system resembling the organ structure of a creature
Chaotic motion generator See demonstration:
Large scale spectrum levels indicator, maybe a sound wave generator with 2 large knobs?
Tacky Representation of some cultural artifact, Easter Island Maoi, Pyramids, Rosetta stone, Cuniform tablets
Boom. The parallel relay controller: http://www.electronickits.com/kit/complete/elec/ck1601.htm
Already built so I don't have to learn how to do it in 8 days.
http://vixenlights.com/
http://www.spiffomatic64.com/lightshow/
What sort of art springs to mind
The "Enchanted Tree" at the exploratorium, which reacts to sound. (Light "travels" up the trunk into the branches)
Tree Picture
Tree Article
Wind powered kinetic sculpture, like
Theo Jansen 1
Theo Jansen 2
Or perhaps:
Alexander Calder
Sculpture on Ste-Hélène island
More
Calder
This is likely beyond my abilities but, interesting:
Solar Kinetic Mobile - Daniel Chadwick
LED art, like Tensor, by the late Kevin McCormick:
And then of course, there's that insane Christmas Light show, about 2 orders of magnitude beyond my current abilities
What have I learned from previous "crash" projects
Why is it that a lot of my projects end up a lot less elegant than their original designs?
src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/Cecil137/SCmOYQbvZuI/AAAAAAAADFc/9Ant6REQHHY/s144/3-2-2007%20015.jpg" />
Lack of practice at the arts involved
Lack of planning and preparation
Subset: Use of the incorrect tools or improper materials (See light beacon)
Stubborness to not change course in the face of project-threatening issues, conflicts with preconceived notions
Resources available:
Enough computer components to make at least one, functioning though low performance machine.
I can borrow garage space, variety of hand tools, dremel
2 Stamp 2 chips, with one I/O board, and the components to make another
100 feet of 6 part wire harness
batteries out the wazoo
Supplies for making 1 Cmoy amplifier
hodge podge of resistors, LEDs, switches, knobs
Aspects: Necessary
Portable or at least, easily break-down-able
Weatherproof
Low power
Sturdy or fault tolerant in case someone stumbles into it.
relatively inexpensive in case of theft, destruction, and just general fiscal responsibility
Aspects that would be nice
Light
Interactivity
Self powered
-Solar?
Things I wonder if I can learn/build
3 component (Red Green Blue/Purple) LED array for a wider range of color options with a mixing system for same.
Self controlling electronic system (no Stamp, no computer, just capacitors/switches)
A mercury switch control arm ("senses" position of control via mercury switches in post)
Things I know I can do:
PVC pipe framework
Liquid filled plastic tubing with LED light sources
Motor control system through the Stamp 2's
"brush" power leads
Momentary switches (that wooden, 4 D-cell rocket igniter design)
The independent LED system used in "Throwies"
Links to relevant tutorials and products
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/09/control_a_led_matrix_display_u.html
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/present.php?p=Ethernet_LED_Matrix
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