Talking Rubbish

Our first project as part of Contemporary Art in the Public Realm we have been given our brief. Using a public art approach and the, try to get people on UL campus to change behaviour when disposing of rubbish. I joined a group with Paul from my class and Ciaran from Music Technology and we began looking at various ideas. The design process is an important aspect of this project. We firstly had to interview caretakers around the UL campus to get an idea of the black spots in terms of rubbish. Paul met a cleaner and he highlighted the student courtyard as of particular concern. Paul and I went to the courtyard to get a better idea of the area we are dealing with, in terms of layout, building designs and specific problem areas in order to fully understand the space we are designing for and how our designs would complement the space while also encouraging people to change their behaviour regarding the disposing of rubbish. Below are some pictures we took of the tables outside the spar shop which we identified as the main area for our design.

Past Project

Today I had a meeting with Mikael Fernstrom regarding my project. He mentioned that lecturer Giuseppe Torre for his masters project done a project using sound and motion sensors by manipulating sound using a a ball. Here is a link to his demo

I have arranged to meet Giuseppe to talk about how he went about doing this project to get a better understanding of how the calculations were done to read the acceleration and motion positioning of the ball which determined the sound ommitted. This may be helpful in understanding the technical aspect of what I am trying to achieve.