Pressure Project 1, Gabe Carpenter, 2022

• I sat on the bench in my dormitory lobby watching people using the elevators around lunchtime.
• There is a lot of congestion right in front of the elevators, as several groups of people like to travel together and clog the small hallway while waiting their turn
• The hallway is a bit narrow, and there are only three elevators running on either side of the building. 
• There are roughly 1400 students in the building, divided by two that is 3 elevators per 700 students. 
• The current elevators cause a lot of slowdowns due to their lack of speed and poor efficiency in deciding what floors to go to and in what order. 
• The ways in which people enter the elevators can also cause a lot of issues, bringing various packages and other items that take up space. 
• The elevators are controlled by a keypad on the outside that gives the user an option for up or down, and a numbered pad on the inside that includes a list of all of the floors that the user can be taken to.

The main problem with congestion in my dorm is the elevators and the lack of movement that appears when there are a lot of people. The elevators can only visit one floor at a time, thus visiting a maximum of 3 floors per group. This is only counting if all occupants of each elevator are going to the same floor. Any variation of destinations would require more stops and slow down the process further. There is also the issue of cramming 6 to 9 people inside of one elevator, especially in current times as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to be a problem. 

My proposal is a new system of elevators made for maxim speed and efficiency in moving people from one floor to the next. These elevators would mainly be single occupancy machines intended to take one person at a time. This may seem to be counterproductive at first, but the efficiency comes from the simplicity of the system. When one person enters and presses their floor, the elevator can instantly close and move at the maximum comfortable speed to the desired location and return. With less weight, the elevator can move faster, and the doors can automatically be closed once a single person is inside, instead of waiting for more potential riders. This also allows for less confusion about which floor to go to and will return elevators much quicker than waiting on a single machine to bounce between 3 to 5 floors. The system would have six single elevators on each side, with an additional cargo elevator at the end as well. The cargo elevator would be intended to move large packages or any other objects that could not fit on the personal elevators and would be able to accommodate one person along with the move-in cargo bins that most dorms have in them.

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Pressure Project 3 (Sara)

The storytelling project caught my eyes. It was personal, intimate, and visual. I could follow the creator’s emotional journey after Fukushima Nuclear disaster. It think it would be interesting to see it being more interactive. I began to think of how to make my content more specific and personal yet still be approachable to the audience.

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I was interested in this project because of the artist’s conceptual link to memory– which I think relates back to my own research and art practice. I thought the installation was equally beautiful and interesting. The way that the thin fabric allows the projections to overlap onto each other, but also frame certain scenes depending on the way it was draped was really mesmerizing. I found this overlapping to be a powerful symbol in talking about the artist’s shared cultures of being Iranian and African American. I watched the short clip of the installation space and I think it could be even more interesting to see how the fabric and projection could respond to viewer interaction or the place they take up in the space.

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I chose to bump this post for a myriad of reasons. Primarily, this is an old companion that I did not know took this course so his name caught my attention. Secondly, I am a huge fan of projection mapping. This course has reframed my understanding of interaction with technology and I believe that Aarons project demonstrates a great compromise between digital systems and real time feedback.

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Pressure Project 2 (Sara) | Devising EMS (ohio-state.edu)

I enjoy this pressure project. The little game Bottle Lighting motivate exhausted people spending too much time in front of screen to do wrist stretching exercise. Prolonged use of devices like smart phone and computer can cause many physical injuries like poor vision, neck pain … It is a good idea to remind people of the possible issues and help them in a gamification way.

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https://dems.asc.ohio-state.edu/wp-admin/post.php?post=2214&action=edit

I find this dancing club project very interesting. One of the reasons that I choose this project is to see what are the possibilites of devising experiential dancing body that are already explored. I like the idea of connecting the virtual body and physical boby as well as the virtual space and theater conventions. The funny little twist here is that people get ticket in a box office to be the performers themselves. The whole interactive process is orgnized by a stucture that dictate people to move in certain way but finally failed at some point. The author’s realization that people are uncontrollabe tells us something about the slippage of the intentional devising concerning human experience.

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https://dems.asc.ohio-state.edu/wp-admin/post.php?post=2768&action=edit

I was looking through some of the pressure project and this caught my eyes because of the description and the though process of developing the program was well intended and planned then executed. Understanding what kind of work and thoughts that goes into making art, following through with the intention and plan is hard to do at times especially with these projects that has a limited time. I liked the intention and the art that came from that intention.

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The digital storytelling in this project caught my attention. The enthusiasm in his voice kept me engaged wanting to know more on prohibition. The still images gives the viewer time to take in the story being told as well as hold the visual context for the narrative. I also enjoy cocktails! https://dems.asc.ohio-state.edu/?p=2924&trashed=1&ids=158

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I really enjoyed this project as it made a simple video game style into an interactive experience. I’ve always liked games that were self-aware while you were playing them, and adding the ability to use your hands to control it is a cool bonus! https://dems.asc.ohio-state.edu/?m=202104

Cycle 3

My Cycle project was to create an Isadora patch that would support my thesis performance of my original solo theatre piece Mr. Shirley at the End of the World. The initial patch was designed to integrate media with sound. I was interested in the final iteration of my project to incorporate actors that would control lighting equipment in the theatre and cue lighting changes in the play.

Here is the video I made detailing that process and what I learned.

Here’s a look at some of the equipment I was working on.

Here’s a look at some of the patch that I created. I made a dedicated macro user actor to operate the lights on two different systems – MIDI and OSC. With the MIDI actor, the computer running Isadora and the light board need to be physically connected through a MIDI box. With the OSC actor, they are connected via modem over a network.