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Category: Year Three
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The Last Open Share: The end of another academic year and with that OpenShare again for IxD considering last years exhibition I wanted this one to be good, better than last year and promoted more than last year. So after discussing it on and off with my colleagues and with my added confidence after this…
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Inspiration : James Birdle Autonomous Trap 001 (2017) https://jamesbridle.com/works/autonomous-trap-001 With James Birdle’s work there was a number of things that interested me, the documentation nature, the real implementations of his experiments but the main take away was the humour in it and the lightness of his work even though his work and his discoveries have…
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Return to Form Chat with Paul: What I’m Thinking : I like the idea of having the 3 sculptures from part one and giving them 3 different outputs that lend themselves to each sculpture, whether VR, 3D printed, Axi Draw, screen-based, or even an audio output. Each piece has its own strengths and weaknesses and…
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Initial Ideas : With the first idea shown on the bottom left of the page I had the idea to meld both the digital world with the real world but not through a frame or portal that is often done but more like the work done by MarshmallowLaserFeast – In the eyes of the animal.…
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Research : At this point I have no clear plan for this project but I want to keep it that was for as long as possible. At this point I’m exploring the links Paul provided for some inspiration. Also the feedback from my summative assessment thats in my head at this point are trying to…
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Semester One Semester Two
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Form Every Mickey – Matthew Plummer-Fernández 201750.688 x 23.858 x 49.376 cmSLS Nylon, acrylic paint, 3D files of Mickey Mouse sourced online Venus of Google – Matthew Plummer-Fernández 201317 x 9 x 30 cm3D-printed gypsum in colour Reality is not always probable – Troika In Search of an Impossible Object, 2018 Anthony Dunne & Fiona…
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Data Visceralisation We are not just visualising the data we are giving people the opportunity to use other senses to experience the data, we are giving the opportunity to connect with the data on an emotional level. My aim is to make one person connect with another person they have and will never meet through…
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Before I go into any of this. I’m writing this after the fact, I was in initially going to do this in a week by week chronological format but as I went down the rabbit hole with this project completely I threw myself in and lost track of this documentation. This documentation might seem to…
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Initial Ideas / Notes : Initial idea one is the story of two people making a journey to each other throughout Glasgow, with footage of both journeys overlapping or intertwining. Idea two is normal footage of people around Glasgow walking around but different sizes, colours, speeds. The normal sights of Glasgow made weird and wonderful.…