This week, I talked with Filipe about the combination of data and light pollution, which Filipe felt did not provide an intense learning experience for the audience, and suggested that I should try to add some interactive experiences, such as visual impact or incorporating sound, to give the audience a more intense sensory stimulation.
Based on Filipe's suggestion, I revisited my project. I think that the combination of light pollution and data does make this work a learning experience, but on the other hand, it is still too "thin" and not perfect. So I think Filipe has a point that a single piece of data is not enough. I should make my work more layered, for example, by combining sound and light and other sensory stimuli, so that the audience can communicate and interact with the work more.
This week on my project's progress, this week, I went back to the research phase, and I researched some art installations related to sound and light. For example, Japanese artist and composer Ryoji Ikeda's audiovisual installation 'Test Pattern [100m Version]' I think it's a great piece that transforms the digital data surrounds us in our daily lives into a flashing barcode. On the 100m long projection, the visitor is both the viewer and part of the image. Simultaneously, the work aesthetically presents the data and then uses sound and flash to integrate the viewer. It was a great idea and inspired me to think about how to add some sound and flash to my work, but I also had to do it.
Some useful links based on this week's research
Interactive light installation, 2012
Ryoji Ikeda: Test Pattern 100m Version at Ruhrtriennale 2013
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