WEEK 2
Shtilyan, the lifesaver
In the beginning, the fact that Shtilyan was in Bulgaria was a bit frustrating. In the end, it turned out to be our solution to our problems. He, with a fresh mind, came up with an amazing concept inspired by Chaldni's technique. We then talked about it, and tried to implement this idea into our concept. We then decided to create an interactive installation with a hologram as well as sounds, that people can control with their hand movements.
Getting our concept clear was not an easy thing. We had to talk to a lot of professors, as well as Jacob - a super cool artist - and the owner of the skate shop in the city. We god a lot of inspiration, and we finally got our concept straight.
week 8 / Building the installation
In week 8 I basically helped everything for building the installation - first we finished to glue the hologram, then I cleaned it with a special window cleaning liquid, then put the corners together to make the edges stronger, but sadly it didn't help much because they made to fit the whole hologram in the installation more difficult. Then we decided to use black tape instead.
Then I filed the special material in spots where we had wider holes, so I fulfilled them and then used the machine and a sand paper to make it nice soft. I also helped with painting the whole installation in black. We had 3 types of color so first I put the base paint, then the normal paint and the last - blackboard paint.
