#tactiongd

(going back and uploading writing initiatives)

I presented the plan for my touch box (3D) and the concept and tests for my 4D

They liked how the 3D subverted senses and connected well to my word

Pushed me to better connect/explain how the filter connects to my word. Suggested ideas for objects, like stuffing a stuffed animal with rocks, a past student did this. Talked about Sanchari's work in another class working with webcam footage

almost my final hydra sketch, just adding overlayed noise controlled by the mouse.

Also going to either put my sketch inside a webpage or just hide the code.

To go with my coded filter I want to create a screen for it to be projected on! I'm using the same fabric, ribbon and beads as in my book, hoping to tie them together.

I was really inspired by all the small trinkets you find in antique stores, and things that people collect. When I was younger my mom gave me a tin that had all these treasures she collected when she was a kid, I'm thinking about all those objects and the act of collecting. It's so tactile, like keeping an object (eg. a smooth rock or shell) in your pocket to hold.

I went to Courage my Love to get beads and objects for this project and the interior totally fits this idea. They have all these bins and drawers, you just want to touch everything. I dug through this giant bin of brass objects to find the embellishments I bought.

I have the hand photos just working on editing them, cutting and hemming the fabric, then I'll embroider and embellish. I'm also getting the projector from my dad this weekend and will test projecting as I finish up the coding.

The photo holding fabric concept is inspired by Susan Weil and José Betancourt's Catenary. Also love this piece by Aukje Boonstra, the stitching around the pottery shards is so pretty

This is my my reflective, I'm either going to create a book with a cover using this or create a poster covered in it. Thermochromic powder is changes color with heat and body/hand heat works well.

I tested different binders and layers. Mod Podge worked the best.

For my 3D I wanted to create a touch box/sensory box to compare how different people's brains processed touch without other senses. For the objects for the box I wanted to transform common household objects, like surrealist sculpture. I was really influenced by Méret Oppenheim's Le Déjeuner en Fourrure, the texture looks so upsetting to me. I also really liked the idea of mixing hard and soft textures in unexpected places, especially with textiles since they are comforting soft textures. Marie Rullions daily haptics ceramics collection was another inspiration.

For the actual box I originally wanted to use rapid prototyping to create a wooden box, I made this cardboard mockup with interlocking joints. It wasn't very sturdy, I used a similar method to make a lamp for my GD3 class and it took alot of glue to make it stand. I decided to just buy a storage box from ikea, cut a hole and hot glue fabric to cover the hole.

I decided on 3 objects- a stuffed rabbit filled with rocks, a knitted swatch stiffened with glue and a glass covered in fabric. I used mostly objects/materials I already had. The rabbit came from a crit, Paul said that a past student did something similar for their project. I wanted to knit because I really like the texture of it and I wanted to subvert the softness. And the glasses are inspired by a project my Dad whos an elementary art teacher did with his students.

The knitted swatch took ages to dry and the centre wasn't fully dry when I started the experiment, I had to hold it under the bathroom hand dryer :/

Here I'm testing out different methods for tying the tights around the glass, I went with hand stitching.

I then asked 10 people I know to touch the objects, draw what they felt and write observations. I went with 2 minutes to touch the objects and how every much time they needed to write and draw. I was originally going to do each object separately but I decided to put them in the box at the same time so It would flow smoother and be faster.

Thank you to my friends, classmates and prof for participating!!

Right now I'm finishing designing the booklet collecting all the drawings. Something that came to mind when organizing everyone's responses was google's Quick, Draw!, it's a game designed to train a neural network on users drawings. The sets of data remind me of my data, with how the drawings range in detail and how they are influenced by people's frame of reference.

I was also thinking about the Aphantasia test diagrams, measuring how well someone can picture objects. I think that ability plays into how accurate people were doing my test. It'd be interesting to ask people where they fall on this scale.

This linear format also influenced how I am arranging the drawings in my booklet