Emily and I went to the Art Guild in Peoria last night to do a second site survey. Emily is a student in my I M413 course that is centered on the creation of intermedial experiences. She has proven to be a very able collaborator and has brought her experience of Flash to bear and is learning more about these types of installations as we continue to develop the idea.
We were hoping to bring in our test rear projection material, projector, and alpha build of the software to get a sense of the overall scale and color saturation of the projection. The piece is essentially a search of twitter posts that mention Lincoln and is primarily text. The goal is to have it viewable from the street in the evening, so that passerby’s can experience a part of the overall exhibit, or even better, entice them to come to the guild to see the work.
There were some scheduling changes that kept us from completing the full test, but we did get a confirmation on the physical position of the work, i.e., which windows it will project in. And we have set up a listing of test conditions to figure out which colors will pop and what type of contrast will be needed.
Additional software tweaks include some soft logic to determine how many times a specific tweet is repeated. There are many references to Lincoln and some quotes that appear over and over again. We are interested in tracking the frequency of those quotes and mapping it against physical locations– a typical mash-up approach.
Most of the physical projection work that I have completed in the last year uses virtual scenery that is extremely dense or highly composited. This is the exact opposite and is a great exercise in contrast from previous efforts. I look forward to the next phase of development and will post more pics as they become available.
