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1.      Interactivity:

·        Open form: There is more options of interaction between the computer and us. For example, this would be the case of a website for shopping clothing, where we can select a wide range of options, contact, comment, save, use discounts codes, to zoom, and other possibilities.

·        Closed form: The interaction between the human and the computer is limited.

·        Physical: The interaction is produced by a physical action. It could go from pressing a bottom from making a movement to create a response, as we have been seeing for years with some consoles gadgets or artworks. It is to produce a change in what is around us.

·        Internal and cognitive: It is the process that happens with certain stimulus, such as games of missing words or artworks. It can be also translated to the computer environment.

2.     The history of human and computer interactivity:  Look at the history of input and output devices used to communicate with computer programs.  Explain how these devices affect the type of human computer interaction:

·        Simulation: Depending on the simulation, the communication can be open or closed depending on the options that the game is giving the user. In a driving simulation game, the interaction would be open because of the wide range of possibilities. It will also be physical as there is movement involved for making the game work. There is as well, a use of the cognitive communication for the responses of the users to the images.

·        Hypertext: It is a text that can be linked to another text or document. As the name indicates, it goes beyond the text. The interaction in this case would be closed.

·        Games: Usually, the more interactive a game is, the more successful it is. They use open interaction form, mostly a light physical interaction and there is always internal one, as there is going to be images, sounds and text stimulating the user for creating a response. However, there are also cases of closed interaction such as “Flappy Birds” a few years ago.

·        Task orientated software: There is a wide range of options and choices that get continuously upgrade, so I would say there is an open interactive form. For example, in Photoshop there are different ways of getting the same result. There is barely any physical interaction further from moving the mouse or the pencil, although there is internal interaction.

3.     Working in small groups of 3 or 4 people, use paper to make the following interactive artefacts: Something that travels, game, puzzle, decoration or musical instrument:

Can you explain the interactive theory used in your ideas?

After a few suggestions, Amy, Scott and I decided to use the game “OSO” for this task. It is easy and simple to play even with the language value. It has a high cognitive interaction as your brain has to think about quick responses for making the word without others being able to. At first, it seems easy, but there is a point where there are many options and it gets even difficult to make the word. The interaction is closed as the options are the different positions of the grid and two letters. There is also the possibility of crossing the words with different colours. There is no physical interaction.

We were looking for something simple and eye-catching.

Use Processing* to create an interactive and variable picture or sequence of pictures:

Got a fish tank to try out some photography of things from the home underwater. Not sure how well it will work, but I'm keen to try it out tomorrow.

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Similar to my first assignment, ‘Submerge,’ also explores the notion of human’s impact on the natural environment. This impact is communicated by ‘Submerge’ as it highlights the effects of plastic bags on turtles and hence the ‘relationship between humans…and the environment.’ Initially I began my process by using a brain-storm to expand upon my existing plastic bag poster idea. As a result of the brain-storm, I decided to make a larger body of work out of plastic bags that incorporated other materials and different digital elements.

From here, I began to experiment with putting my plastic bag poster in water, with the aim of testing its buoyancy and how much the texta would smudge. This experiment was crucial in the development of ‘Submerge’ because it lead me to consider placing my final work in a body of water and filming its entry and exit.

Initially, after deciding that I wanted to incorporate some form of water into my final work, I was considering making a poster the size of the human body. On this poster I was going to display images of turtles, jelly fish, supermarket logos and statistics marine pollution. I was then thinking about placing this sheet of plastic in my pool and lying on it. The weight of my body would force the plastic to sink and whilst this sinking was happening, I would be filming it. Although this was my first project idea, I decided that it was too similar to assessment 1, as my main artwork was still in a poster format. This pushed me to further enhance and develop my initial concept.

From here, I conducted some more research into plastic bags and turtles, which is when I came across the profound link between turtles and surfers. This research was a fundamental part in the development of ‘Submerge’ because it shaped the overall visual appearance of my project. The link with surfers inspired me to base my body of work off the shape of surfboards. This was because surfers often see turtles in the ocean and they also see all the waste such as plastic bags when they are surfing.

‘Submerge’ consists of 5 surfboards, the middle board has a rib cage with the words ‘help’ on it; on either side there are 2 surfboards with turtles on them and the outer most surfboards display jellyfish. ‘Submerge’ is designed in this symmetrical pattern because it highlights the food chain and eating pattern of turtles. The ‘jellyfish’ are symbolic of turtles initial food source, however once these ‘jellyfish’ are consumed, the turtles die because they are actually plastic bags. This death is highlighted through the pictorial of the ribcage in the centre. This ribcage is made to look like it is made of out of human bones, and thus it holds a double meaning. The rib cage not only signifies the impact of our waste on other living animals, it also highlights the detrimental relationship  between the wastage that we produce and its impact on our own quality of life.  

Once my artwork was physically competed I filmed it moving on the surface of my pool and then my brother used his drone to film me running into the ocean with it. ‘Submerge,’ starts with footage of my final work floating my pool, so that the viewer can easily see what is depicted on each surfboard. The movement of the plastic surfboards represents the movement of sea creatures as they swim through the ocean trying to find food. This movement also conveys the gradual demise of turtles as they will eventually come to their death because of plastic bag consumption. The idea of death is further enhanced when the drone follows me running into the ocean with my artwork and eventually the artwork is lost amongst the waves. As the artwork becomes one with the ocean, it highlights how our consumption of plastic bags eventually end up polluting our waterways and the results are not often seen by individuals, but instead felt by marine life.

Experiment 6 - placing it in water 

After completing my surfboard designs I connected them all together to form one long strip of 5 surfboards. The design is symmetrical as it features the larger rib surfboard in the middle and then on either side of it there are turtles and the outer most surfboards have jellyfish on them. 

The previous experiments lead to me use the busts behind a sheet of sheer fabric, enclosed and therefore trapped, with on the outside of the cloth gendered silhouettes of women (pink in dresses) and men (blue). 

Experimentation 

1- I thought I could use a range of colours as I did in my poster to represent diversity of binaries 

2- I used bubble wrap to demonstrate the delicacy of the situation 

3- I used bust shapes as they don't assign genders