Major Studio: Interactive…Final Project Idea & Precedence: Ambient Wall

8 04 2008

Ambient Wall

Idea: Create an interactive environment in Flash that is projected on a wall with which users can manipulate to create their own scene and soundscape.

Goal: To allow users to engage in an experience that will allow for self-reflection, relaxation, involvement with nature while taking part in generating an ever-evolving ambient environment. This installation isn’t meant for crowds to experience as they pass by…It’s meant to be in a quiet space where people have a chance to experience it in solititude.

Why, why, why?

-revisit the idea of what it means to take time for yourself to relax, meditate, reconnect with your roots in nature, find comfort, etc…and give users the opportunity to manipulate the experience

-expand upon all the stuff that already deals with this such as meditative videos, music, images, etc…they don’t allow the audience any agency in what they’re experiencing. Perhaps by giving users subtle ways of making the experience their own unique moment, it will generate better resonance and provide them with a way to transfer their own feelings/inclination into the piece.

-quite simply, to create something beautiful that allows people to take a solitary moment to themself and get away from reality for a bit

Motivations:

-Work with Flash…take Flash away from the computer screen and browser and capitalize on its ability to create complex interactive environments…learn how to work with sound and visuals in more complex ways through Actionscript

-Do something cool with the Wii remote (I’ve gotta at least once while I’m at Parsons…)

-Play off of the idea of creating ambience in a certain setting

-Work with the idea of creating mashups, both visually and audibly

-Make something pretty

-Give the user an intimate and personal experience

-Incorporate music that I love

Keywords:

-Flash
-Ambience
-Wii remote
-Nature
-Mashups
-Music visualizations
-Interactive music mixing
-Scene manipulation
-Evolving ecosystem
-Surreal experience
-relaxation
-solitary
-transcendentalism
-meditation
-melancholy
-traquility
-bittersweet
-whimsical
-stay/still
-peace
-ethereal
-ephemeral
-refreshing