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 9 / building and building...
To be continued... Still building the installation. Since the website is finished I put my whole focus on building the installation. So in this week I painted the wooden parts (two sides and a ramp) of the installation with the transparent lacquer.
Together with Marieke we also built a pedestal for the skateboard, that it would be safer to stand on it.
Later that week I also helped with cutting, screwing some things for the installation. I also bought some rice paper to test how does it help in projecting visuals + the chalk for writing things on installation
So I bought the middle one and the right one. Later on Shtilyan found that rice paper works very good together with the plexiglass.
