Synopsis

Poster Design

Synopsis

Sensorial design for four seasons in installation art is an installation art about four seasons and, as a method is interesting with visuals. The user will able to interact with four seasons and feel the visuals. The concern about this project is about people whom they do not know about four seasons and the cycle of four season and what happened when the season will change.

There is a screen, which divided by four parts and each of the part present about one season and is showing the circles of seasons. When the user going to each season, the colors are different with visuals. The audience can expect to see the

colors of seasons when changing and also from each season they can experience and going through the next season. The cycles of four seasons are going from the spring, which is the first season, and going next to summer, autumn and winter which is the last season. By changing the colors and visuals for each season, the audience can feel the temperature of season and feeling the season.

The theme of this project is exploring about four seasons and let to audience,specially Malaysian people will experience and interacts with seasons.

Content Development

Scent Dome

Scent and smells are ubiquitous, they are part of our everyday world. Yet, when you enter VR

worlds, you almost always lose your sense of smell.

Sight is covered, hearing is covered via speakers, even touch is covered via haptic gloves and other accessories.

Smell usually remains abandoned, lacking hardware to cover it.

So, as I decided to have about visualization and sensors together I have plan to use Scent Dome, Which can help me to let public experience also about smells of each seasons and they can feel it.

vvvv- A multipurpose toolkit

As I consulted with Mr. Kok Yoong on Thursday 12 August , Mr. Kok Yoong advised me to do my installation with vvvv toolkit software that one of our senior also worked with that.

vvvv is a graphical programming environment for easy prototyping and development. It is designed to facilitate the handling of large media environments with physical interfaces, real-time motion graphics, audio and video that can interact with many users simultaneously. Responsible for its development is the vvvv group.

vvvv is free for non-commercial use, but commercial use requires a license.

For a detailed overview of vvvvs features read the Propaganda or see some Screenshots of vvvv for a basic understanding of what you are dealing with here. People also seem to be interested in what the FAQ vvvv might mean.

Arduino

And also I will do my installation with Arduino sensor, which can help me to detect, and also Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. Arduino can sense the environment by receiving input from a variety of sensors and can affect its surroundings by controlling lights, motors, and other actuators. The microcontroller on the board is programmed using the Arduino Programming Language (based on Writing) and the Arduino development environment (based on Processing ). Arduino projects can be stand-alone or they can communicate with software on running on a computer (e.g. Flash, Processing, MaxMSP).The boards can be Built by hand or purchased preassembled; the software can be downloaded for free. The hardware reference designs (CAD files) are available under an open-source license; you are free to adapt them to your needs.

Getting Started with Arduino

Getting Started with Arduino, authored by Arduino co-founder Massimo Banzi, offers a brief, fun, and lucid overview of Arduino that will appeal to lots of people who’ve been wanting to get into physical computing and want a way in. This handy little guide should be just the ticket. To work with the introductory examples in this book, all you need is a USB Arduino, USB A-B cable, and an LED.

Programming Interactivity: A Designer’s Guide to Processing, Arduino, and Open frameworks

If you’re interested in using electronics and programming to create rich interactive experiences with your artwork, designs, or prototypes,Programming Interactivity is the place to start. You’ll explore common themes in interactive art and design, like 2D and 3D graphics, sound, physical interaction, computer vision, circuit bending, geo-location and more. This book explains programming and electrical engineering basics, and introduces three freely available tools created specifically for artists and designers.

Testing Software

In this video is showing how to do with the Arduino and from there you can see how the things will change.

This is one of the good examples that I would like to do for my installation and this guy showing how to mix the sound and I do have plan to do this one with visuals .

Tutorial 1 Starting vvvv

So, the other thing I have to do for my installation is about vvvv toolkit that showing the graphical programming.

This video is about the color noise that helping me to do with season's colors.

3D Audio Visualization

This video is showing 3D audio visualization that showing the visuals with colors and sound.

Playing on a light up floor

And the last video is showing something that I really want to do with four seasons with visuals and colors but instead on the tonel I have plan to do in square area which is not like this.

I hope now you know more what is my idea about my installation and I hope I delivered my message well.

Thank you for your time :)

Developing Idea

Organization & management

Multimedia Application Storyboard

"Front"

In this sketch I tried to show the stage which I want to do the installation and I just tried to show from the front view.

"Top"

Here I just shown my sketches form the top to people see how I wanna do my installation.

"Other Side"

In this sketch I tried to show it from the other side to show the projectors and cameras.

Flowchart

In this flowchart first I just shown about the simple intro about each season and duration of each season and for the second flowchart I tried to show the flowchart of installation.

Budget and Equipment List

Project title: Sensorial Design for Four Seasons in Installation Art

Date: 15^th August 2010

Prepared by: Mahdieh Molaei Tehrani

Quantity	Description	Unit Price	Total
2	Webcam	100	300
1	Audrino	150	150
1	Imac	5999.00	5999.00
1	Apple Mc pro	5999.00	5999.00
4	Speaker	70	280
1	Canon Camera	1599	1599
4	Projector	3299.75	13199.00
2	Power Extension	20	40
	Printing	100	100
1	VVVV Toolkit	-	-
1	Sound Forge Software	-	-
	Travel	200	200
1	Book Guide to Processing, Arduino…	150	150
1	Getting Started with Arduino	70	70
		Total :	RM 28086
Functional specification worksheet

In this Gannet chart I tried to show roughly about the duration of whole projects for this trimester that we have done.

Thank You !