Over the last few weeks we have been exploring three different yet interlinked components: the dynamic/ movable 3D island map, the rotating cuboid lighthouse and the dynamic feathers on motors. We have reached a stage now where we need to think about what works with what and how? We need Read more…
Imagine an island that can trigger to ‘3D’ life from data updates. Inspired by dynamic paper cut out installations we are envisioning an island experience that pops out/ up to the visitor.
Recalling what what one of the Flatholm island volunteers described as she walked around the island during one of their seagull counts…. ‘a chaotic buzz of activity over their heads’. Seagulls flying excitingly/ frantically overhead… and the need to sometimes duck etc. Lets take a look on google to see Read more…
How do we bring the seagulls and the experience of the seagulls to life? Some short video documentation of spinning feathers – quite theatrical – with some very interesting sequences / possibilities etc. Using cheap motor (salvaged from a broken DVD player) and a few feathers, it is amazing the Read more…
A collage of different ways to present data (inspired by Code-Paper-Scissors). For example, the seagull data…triggered by an interaction (i.e. user drags ‘seagull’ cube to island) the island comes to life with seagull information. This is presented in a collage of vertically moving servos, rotating wheels, ticker tapes and flip Read more…
Inspired by the words of Trevor Hogan (paper Data Sensification: Beyond Representation Modality, Toward Encoding Data in Experience, we are now starting to think about how we build an understanding of the Islands data through people’s overall experience of it. This can be an island full of colour in the Read more…
On the 12th August 2017, SEWBReC, the Local Environmental Record Centre covering southeast Wales organised a BioBlitz on Flat Holm Island. A full day of sampling yielded 32 species of spiders of which 21 were apparently new island records (bringing the island total to 41). The information in the table Read more…
Inspired by the work of Jörg Blumtritt, Benedikt Köhler, Sabria David on their Slow Media Manifesto (2010) and also the concept of Calm Technology by Mark Weiser and John Seely Brown (1996), we are exploring the concept of slow data. For many of us, in this fast-paced, energy-consuming, technologically-driven world, Read more…
Some really strong visual effects starting to emerge as servos are used to rotate coloured cuboids. As the cuboids rotate an almost ‘animated’ effect is present which could easily be used to represent the real-time weather data from the island (i.e. the falling rainfall etc.)
To motivate people to take care of their environment, we feel it is important to get them interacting first hand with the environmental data. In doing so, we feel that this will expose them to the full impact of their/ people’s actions on the environment. For example, if they and Read more…
