Music

It's incredible to witness the vast change in music over the centuries. The different beats, instruments, styles, cultural influences, discoveries, all these things mixing into one to create sounds that please the ear and bring people together. One of my favorite music discussions was the video about the electronic keyboard and its origins. To think that a man one day went through a junk pile in the back of the stereo building used the broken keys to put together the instrument and make a whole new sound board instrument is amazing. Now they can be found inside our homes as well as being used by professionals on stage.

Digital Storytelling in the Physical World (Interactive Art)

For our last reading section, I loved watching a short Youtube video on the Rain Room. A group of British artists engineered a room to allow rain to fall indoors but the visitors that walk in do not get wet. How? They set up censors that stops the rain from falling on the viewer while the rest pours down around them. At first I thought it was a projector animation, much like a video with trees and crow shadows that we watched in class, and was thoroughly impressed when I learned that was not the case. Technology was greatly used for this project and the results are breathtaking.

http://sobadsogood.com/2012/10/31/the-mysterious-rain-room-will-miraculously-keep-you-dry/

Nonsensical Project

For my project, I developed LED lights for water bottles, glasses, margarita glasses, etc. The purpose of the lights were to create a new, stylish, and fun way to drink your beverage. The LED lights could change colors, so that party goers could identify individual glasses, provide as a night light for kids, and be used to help joggers be better seen at night with their glowing water bottle. The product was cheap and only for $15 (must pay separate shipping and handling) and if buyers call in the first five minutes they get a second glowing wine glass free! 

Final Video Project

Final video project. The coloring portion was sped up for time purposes and audio from a recent beach trip was added for the last part. Three shells I collected were used and placed in stop-go animation to move with the wave action on the sand.