My Skills My Future
Role – Front end web development
url : www.myskillsmyfuture.org
via : Azul7
How Do You Say Control? – 2009
How Do You Say Control is an mixed media installation using miniature models and two audio tracks. The central object in the installation is a globe with one hole on either side—one over Minnesota, and one in over central China. Each of the audio tracks is quietly played at each hole in the globe.
In this way, How Do You Say Control utilizes the saying “dig a hole to China” as a starting point. The combination of audio and objects calls attention to the increasing social, political, and economical, size of China from a Western point of view. The subtlety of the audio forces the listener to draw their ear close to the globe. As this happens the listener is then given a close up view of the map of China.
WavePool – 2009
WavePool is a dynamic sound installation powered by custom software performing keyword searches on the social network site twitter. The results of these searches are used to control the volume levels of the sound pieces emitting from the speakers inside the fabricated seashell.
The idea is, the more messages on twitter that include the search words and are with in the 24 hours, the sounds will become louder. If the opposite is true then the sounds will become quieter and recede into into the background noise.
The search words involved in WavePool are harvested from my dreams where I am being chased by unknown figures. The shell is made from a model created in Maya using a CNC router and is made out of Paduk, an exotic hardwood from Africa.
WavePool serves as base for future projects exploring further the ideas of public and private spaces, preciousness, dreams, and user interaction.
