The lighthouse structure has moved onto the next phase. If you remember, our aim here is to develop a structure using rotating triangular toblerone forms to present the weather data on the island. Each of the three faces of the toblerone will show rain, sun and wind… there will potentially Read more…
Some very interesting effects are starting to emerge as we continue to experiment with the etching and light. Take a look at the below… and how the light is allowing us to highlight the flora & fauna. How it might enable us to create the impression of flora & fauna Read more…
Can we achieve the big bold bright colours with LED lights? Can we ensure that the colours don’t bleed into one another? We have done some further experiments with backlighting the map….this time seeing how possible it would be to create hard edges between the colour zones. Some are with Read more…
As a team we feel that it is crucial now to start thinking about the code. The focus is not so much on the input or even output here…it is very much on the middle part….the structure of the code. For example, seagull data has been inputted…this needs to be Read more…
Today we started thinking about bouys as objects which could be interaction points – if we want / need to be contact free (as a result of COVID-19) they could work as antennae picking up proximity. In line with this, we have started to look at E.A.T. (Experiments in Art Read more…
Playing more with the rotating cuboids, we added a little foil, but we found that it wasn’t very reflective, though it does diffuse light. As you can see from the below, we have only set it up on one cuboid but we think you will get the idea. We did Read more…
It is raining on the island… take a look at our recent prototype development. We are trying to work out the best way to represent the weather data from the island. We used a 16-channel servo driver module and Arduino (there was a library ready to go). It’s fragile constructed Read more…
Some experiments with back lighting a translucent map of the island with ‘neopixel’ LEDs. The LEDs allow for individual addressing (in strings of hundreds – potentially) and colour / brightness control using red, green, blue parameters of 0-255 (8-bit). So potentially a huge range of mappable parameters. In practice the Read more…
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.
