pre-opening
May 1, 2006 at 8:38 pm | In Art, Science | Leave a CommentHere are a few photos of how things looked on April 27th ’round midnight…
Tangled up in…
Wall 1–in place temporarily
It’s not a bunny
Next thing…
April 20, 2006 at 3:23 am | In Art | Leave a CommentSo, I finished the wall tonight, now I just have to get it to Shift Space–that could be tricky! Tomorrow I’ll take down a couple of saw horses, then get a couple of sheets of luan and some saran wrap stuff (what do they call it when it comes on a really big roll?), wrap it up a little, make it safe to travel. I want to be able to flip it and set it on the saw horses, then finish the wiring. Hopefully, I’ll get it down there on Friday or Saturday. I wonder if it will stand on it’s own–I kinda doubt it!
just when you think…
April 3, 2006 at 3:09 am | In Art | Leave a Commentit’s all figured out–today I started to think about the weight of the flowers on the foam and whether a 2″ x 4′ x 8′ sheet filled with flowers would have enough integrity to stand straight–the flowers will add considerable weight. I’m worried that the board will break (even if it bowed out it would be bad). I’m also really worried that I don’t have enough flowers to cover the whole space. So, several solutions suggest themselves–one is to build a support for the wall–that wouldn’t be too hard–just some 2 x 4’s. Another possibility–use the opposite wall–the one with the doorway–this might offer some interesting changes in the way a viewer experiences the piece. For one thing, you wouldn’t actually see the wall until you turned to leave the room–which seems cool to me. I’m guessing this way I would use at least one less sheet of foam. I think the sensors and lighting would work the same way as originally planned. Anyway, I’m going to think about this at least overnight. What does anyone else think?
where we are…
April 1, 2006 at 5:14 pm | In Art, Science | Leave a CommentLet’s see–we’re having a few technological glitches–something to do with the amplification of the sound (I think)–Josh has this under control and I don’t expect it to be a problem. The programming of the chip seems relatively simple since Invisible Drum guys posted their code. So, what remains–I have to build the wall–I looked at the space again last night and I would guess that the wall will be approximately 8′ x 12′–so, 3 sheets of foam (@22.00/sheet) and thousands of flowers–I think I have enough flowers (hope I do)—I’m anxious to begin–and I guess I will start by unsoldering the flowers I had already prepared–the wires seem to be touching–I can solve this by either shrink wrapping the wires before I insert them into the flowers–or even easier, just separate the wires and stick them directly into the foam–I’ll think about that some more.
secret garden sample
March 30, 2006 at 12:30 am | In Art, Science | Leave a CommentThe wall will look like this (if you imagine this many times larger):
In the upper left corner there’s a pink flower with a photosensor in the center–can’t see it, can you?
project begins
March 28, 2006 at 3:17 am | In Art, Science | Leave a CommentYesterday Josh and I got together and did a few of the mechanical chores necessary for this project (I should say Josh did the hard stuff)–recording more (and different) sounds on the chips, hiding the photosensors in flowers (I soldered leads on them today–still need to tape them)–then Josh figured out the wiring on the crazy, thrift store motherboard–pretty cool! Better than all of that, though–Josh plays a mean game of table tennis–now that’s exciting!
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