Concepts - 2.0
Project: Design Media Arts at UCLA
Project: Design Media Arts at UCLA
I like the idea of putting people out of their comfort zone - because I feel like many people in this day an age truly are not comfortable or would never dream of adopting a primitive or hunter gatherer lifestyle.
I appreciate the times I spend sleeping in the outdoors on the hard (but sometimes soft) ground, falling asleep under the stars, a cool breeze blowing accross my face and the mysterious (perhaps frightening) noises of nearby animals
To play off this concept or removing people from their comfort zone, I may build a space or structure that somehow physically positions people in a vulnerable way or configuration by drawing them to one element and then catching them off guard or surpising them with another - whether it be a change in their configuration or a new, unexpected introduction to the environment.
This is an example of I chair I built - that contained cell phone vibrators - the chair was made so that most people's feet could not touch the ground and were completely immersed by the vibrations emmitted by the motors:



I appreciate the times I spend sleeping in the outdoors on the hard (but sometimes soft) ground, falling asleep under the stars, a cool breeze blowing accross my face and the mysterious (perhaps frightening) noises of nearby animals
To play off this concept or removing people from their comfort zone, I may build a space or structure that somehow physically positions people in a vulnerable way or configuration by drawing them to one element and then catching them off guard or surpising them with another - whether it be a change in their configuration or a new, unexpected introduction to the environment.
This is an example of I chair I built - that contained cell phone vibrators - the chair was made so that most people's feet could not touch the ground and were completely immersed by the vibrations emmitted by the motors:





