I really like the examples of physical computing art works that react to real time data of a sensor somewhere else.
it has an effective simplicity to it. You instantly relate to a crafted idea of an other. an-other.
(side note: ‘an other’ and ‘another’ feel as though there is room for a pithy name for something… if there were lots of something, or it keeps happening? like another and another. It could be references something negative that just continues to happen… but the ‘an’ ‘other’ part refers to otherness yet boing a thing, something else, like you but out there… (maybe… still need to think about this))
In the physical computing lecture they show an example of an art work of group of tall grasses that are moving in a way that mimics in real-time the movement of a grass on a beach somewhere.
My head went to the idea of some sort of environmental data being displayed in the studio in real time… What data could i be sensing?:
- temperature
- ph
- sound?
- chemical levels of nitrogen doesn’t sound very interesting…
With this medium I think what ever is going to sensed needs to be interesting… an unusual thing to get insight into….
this could be underwater? water is extra fascinating because it’s a type of hearing we can’t really / readily experience. The Thames would be an interesting test site – it’s local and I have access to it! I wonder what the Thames sounds like? Are there even healthy ecosystems in there? If there isn’t and it doesn’t sounds like much, how does that compare to other bodies of water/aquatic ecosystems?? How would the water qualities, ie velocity or width or depth vegetation effect this?
This is maybe a bit ambitions for the timeframe and/or my skill set… (also would need to think more about how it’s responding to brief)
THINKING RESEARCH 