Nicholas McLaughlin Blog

Building

What do I want to do ?:

Narrowed down to 3 options all with their own draws and aspects I want to focus on.

Looking at the space again:

Just familiarising myself with the garage space again, considering where I could present one of my pieces.

Deciding what to do: Process of elimination

Data Visualisation:

So for the data visulisation I wanted to make it human scale and for that an idea was to use real bricks to replace the Lego bricks.

But when I was looking into the cost of buying 297 bricks it would have cost me £157.41 and I dont really want to pay that and there is cheaper alternatives but the problem with that would be transportation.

Control:

For control I could do it, if I was I would want to do a better job with the soldering and have it more secure as well as having a more performative output like the printer idea i had or have the final piece output to a projector or second screen.

But between the three options I personally feel that Control was the most realised of the projects and couldn’t have gained too much during Open Share.

Typographical Narratives:

For Typographical Narratives I initially aimed to have an interactive display that would react with the proximity of the viewer making it more difficult to read the closer they got.

https://videopress.com/v/g9CvkzVq?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&autoPlay=true&loop=true&muted=true&persistVolume=false&playsinline=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true

https://videopress.com/v/gWgwBM3c?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&autoPlay=true&loop=true&muted=true&persistVolume=false&playsinline=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true

Graphics

As the main code and sensor is working for the piece I want to use today to redesign the actual graphics of the piece as well as thinking about how to elevate the piece to gallery level.

The main task of today was to test the legibility of the font at certain lengths and by asking others, decide on a font type for the smaller text so its not too easy for people to read before the blur effect begins.

Final Graphic:

With the final graphic I wanted to try and get something that would draw people in and make them want to read on. I wanted the writing to have the same feel as Hitchhickers Guide to the Galaxy, that sort of horrible news delivered as if it was nothing important or just a fact of life that everyone has accepted.

“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”

Installation

Putting it in the space:

https://videopress.com/v/qi1HChOI?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&autoPlay=true&loop=true&muted=true&persistVolume=false&playsinline=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true

Ready to present:

https://videopress.com/v/jU1hvKhl?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&autoPlay=true&loop=true&muted=true&persistVolume=false&playsinline=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true

Reflection:

Last year for Open Share year one I did too much, I stressed myself out and maybe took too much on or just got too wrapped up in it.

This year I feel I made an overcorrection, my goal for this year was to do something simple, continuing on from a practice I’ve been trying to have throughout the year, something that wasnt too adventurous for a one week project.

For open share this year I wanted to realise my installation concept from typographiocal narratives, that I had explored in a number of prints and turn these prints into reactive posters.

In reflection I believe I could have done more, more examples of text on the screen, more effects that warp and shape the text.

• Pixelisation effect on the test
• Depth of the text (moving further away from you)
• Warp and melt

I do believe this concept has potential and the relationship between the audience and a piece that doesn’t play fair is something I’d like to explore.