Spatial Media project with John. A multiple players game to feel the wing, feel the swing, and feel the height.
Storyboards*3
3D perspective view
software: Maya
Next, should be a miniature or simple version set in the lounge of ITP.
Author: jhclaura
physical aspects {Tranquil_v2}
Based on the physical characteristics assigned by Neva:
- Scale: Immersive versus Distant
- distant
- Density: Heavy versus Light
- light, in order, orientation like lotus
- Rigidity / Elasticity: Hard versus Soft
- freely, floating, soft
- Energy-Level: Exciting versus Calming
- calming
- Number: One versus Crowd
- only one
- or many but with a lot of space, freely floating like stars
I adjust my {Tranquil_v1} from this:
to this(click to switch the background mode(black, grey dots, white), it’d run faster if you enter the post to see):
webbbb {self_documentary}
Ok pal, THIS is the absolutely non-sense web page about my super basic experiment about WEB.
So -_-, so non-sense. But since the class is called “Meshups”, I guess it makes sense, kind of.
space design: Rooftop of the World
Partner with John.
Older version with tent on top
answers to hw and hopely to project
Answer#1
var print = "#";
for(var i=0; i<7; i++){
console.log(print);
print += "#";
}
Answer#2
for(var i=0; i<100; i++){
if((i+1)%3==0 || (i+1)%5==0){
console.log("FizzBuzz");
} else {
console.log(i+1);
}
}
Answer#3
var size = 8;
var print1 = "#";
var print2 = " ";
var printFinal1 = "";
var printFinal2 = "";
for(var i=1; i<size+1; i++){
if (i%2==1){
printFinal1+=print1;
printFinal2+=print2;
}
else{
printFinal1+=print2;
printFinal2+=print1;
}
}
for(var i=0; i<printFinal.length; i++){
if(i%2==0){
console.log(printFinal1);
} else {
console.log(printFinal2);
}
}
Yeah hay.
As for the project that
Create a single web page experience that, upon user input, responds with data from at least 2 web apis. (1) a user needs to “trigger” an event, (2) data needs to be requested via AJAX from two APIs, (3) and the page should update appropriately.
I’m not sure yet… stiill tuning!
{FungU} Concept and prototype with 3D model
Idea
Mycelium covers all over the Earth and is aware of what’s going on up there. Its decomposing ability is the key of the nutrient cycling system, and can also degrade or remove toxins from the environment. Those newly learned information inspired me to be a missioner of fungus, broadcasting what fungus has done for the planet, so this is a project based on the perspective of fungus. Magnifying what fungus does by present it as a creature with thoughts.
Content
When no one’s near, the projector projects(or screen behind plays) the collage of the mycelium activities(growing, moving, decomposing, degrading pollution etc.) video footages, representing what fungus is doing right now. When someone comes near(detected by ultrasonic sensor), the image changes into camera view, and viewer will be capped with oyster mushroom cap(using OpenCV), a light-hearted way to show how close we are to fungus, to intrigue to be aware of what fungus is doing, and hopefully to make us be the positive force for the Earth, like fungus, instead of being a negative influence.
Materials
-
Mushroom: Oyster Mushroom
- commonly seen, edible, easily growing, can break down the pesticides, petroleum based contaminants and hydrocarbons based pollutants)
- Cap: Cork shaped as net, wrapping logs to grow out mushroom
- Body: Mycelium
- Base: soil in wood box
(3D model made in Maya)
interview and sensors test {FungU}
Interview with Stephen from Ecovative and Customer Service Lady from Fungi Perfecti:
- Free form mycelium fabrication could be doable, just remember to degerm.
- Can’t be pressed in small mold because it will be hard to take out of the mold.
- Can try to put growing log in the mold I make to grow, but cut it in half equals to cut the nutrients in half.
Discuss with Scott:
- Questions for myself
- organic or clean? based on what message I want to send, what emotion I want people to have be intrigued, be bound, to have raw motion from
- —> messy, wild, crazy —> Organic!
Lab:
- kind of achieve to mimic the movement of the mushroom: when no one near, the mushroom keeps swinging, when ppl come near, the mushroom is aware and then stops.
- problems: swing speed needs to slow down, could be more sensitive and accurate. ASK around. Yo.
Schedule:
- order oyster mushroom kit
- try using mycelium as dough(if it’s doable, project might change)
- physical design
- software design
- LAB in shops
- blue foam: big & small fungi
- wood base box
- put oyster mushroom in it and wait it to grow!!!
what can I do to help hooking up fungi and human?
From this week’s reading of Mycelium Running, I learned how powerful fungus and mycelium is. Sending nutrients back to soil, completing the cycling of nutrients, rebuilding forest, absorbing and decomposing toxins. It seems fungus is almost invincible. How can this information be well known by people, and implemented widely? What can I do to help strengthening the connection between human and fungus? Emotional or functional aspect? What’s the story I can tell? I have to admit, the more I thought, the more unsure I became.
I want fungus be loved.
For this, I’m thinking about changing my project a little bit. I want to intrigue and ripple people’s mind.
- Instead of using mycelium, I’m going to grow oyster mushroom out of a fruit body model, with a camera attach on it(or hidden behind if it’s too difficult).
- Connect the cap and body with motor to make organic move.
- Once people come near(infrared sensor), mushroom stills. Little mushroom come out of holes from the base box.
- The image projected on the wall changes from black to this.
“Everyone is mushroom.” Message sent.
This is also inspired from one line from the book Mycelium Running:
Nature loves communities. When one species is suddenly introduced, the population dynamics shift in response.
The questions I’d love to ask and discuss
- Will this achieve the goal to intrigue and ripple people’s mind?
- Will people be interested in fungus after this experience?
- What’s the information people will have?
- Can this project justify its existence? (<– this one trouble me the most…)
emotion visualization {Tranquil}
Before I start, let me document one thing first… I FORGOT the format of Processing. Proof as below.
And also, I found a music video programming in Openframeworks. Pure Astonishing.
OK. Let’s begin.
{Tranquil}
For creating 3 studies of the emotion with ratios of space, rations of color, and ratios of time, I got Tranquil from Kate, and l first pictured the situation I’ll have this feeling in, and then tried to convey them through coding.
<em>Situation</em>: sparkling dust floating in dark, hair floating with wind, immerse in music in crowd environment, look into sky, unfocus eyesight, repeat pattern
Study 1: calm(look into sky, unfocus eyesight, repeat pattern)
Study 2: free from disturbance(immerse in music in crowd environment)
Study 3: free(sparkling dust floating in dark, hair floating with wind)
project_update {Mycofabrication}
Inspired by Eric Klarenbeek’s MyceliumChair(image pool), that
- 3D prints base with straw & water paste for growing mycelium,
- 3D prints shell with bioplastics for molding mycelium.,
I’d love to explore different possibilities of mycelium molding. Is it possible to make delicate stuff with mycelium, other than solid square building bricks? Can it be molded into small parts that are able to be assembled?
QUESTION TIME!
- For plan A
- if I chop mycelium into small pieces, is it still growable?
- what’s the proportion between mycelium, straw powder, and water?
- without tight pressing can it still be moldable?
- For plan B
- is it possible to connect pieces by joinery?
- multiple molds –> time consuming?
As for the case study, me and Kate and Peigi decided to team up since we are all focus in the material/fabrication subject. Possible exports include Eric Klarenbeek and Ecovative. Still searching.