Boundry, “A robot’s dream”

-A Platform for storytelling & a short hybrid animation-

Type: Workshop - Pavion

Year: November 2020 - December 2020

Location: Tehran, Iran

Awards: First Place in “Digital Digital Fabrication” Workshop / United States / Kent State University

Status: Completed

Held By: Tehran University of Art in Collaboration With Kent State University & DC House

Supervisor & Tutor: Dr. Ebrahim Poustinchi

Brief:

This workshop focused on a robotically augmented design using Maya. The workshop was seeking an in-between-between the digital fabrication, simulation, and digital modeling as a possible design and a thinking medium to combine the restrictions and opportunities of each of the mentioned mediums into a hybrid design process. It also visited the idea of a digital fabric and context as a platform for storytelling and atmosphere creation.

Contributation to the project:

Idea Development

Modeling: Maya 2020

Rendering: Arnold

Presentation: Premiere pro 2020

1.Material Phsase

At first, robots pour the raw balloon material through the cone and slide to get the first process.

Our Story:

2.Balloon Factory

With the help of robots the the “Balloon Factory” starts the process of producing balloons.

3.Balloon Production

Huge amount of balloons pop up through the cone shaped chimney.

The digital medium used in this project creates an unreal environment with a narration. In this platform. The story is about a dark and gloomy crowded city after a traumatic crisis where there is no hope, and robots are bringing hope and excitement to the city. In fact, robots are running a factory in which balloons that are the symbol of hope are made. Each robot is responsible for a specific task. One is pouring the initial material, the other one is picking the initial material and using it as fuel for an engine. Other robots are obliged to move gears in order to inflate balloons in glass jars. Finally, inflated and colorful balloons are produced and are blown out of the trumpet. One robot is responsible for giving produced balloons to children who play the main role in making the world a better place to live..In the end, some of the balloons which are the symbol of hope are freed to fly upward. Two robots are standing on an arch which is the symbol of the past. These two robots collaborate and help in overthrowing the arch so that those balloons can spread hope easily throughout the whole city and this action is an indication of liberation from the past and boundaries made by human beings. In fact, in this story, robots are critical in pushing back the boundaries and this is like a dream for robots. That is why this project is called a robot's dream. In other words, robots which are always considered as enemies for humans, offer their helping hands to humans, and this is a dream that a robot can have

4.Flying Balloons

Some of the producted balloons get to the hands of children by a robot to make them happy and others fly to share the happiness borderless.

5.Boundry

Borders, bariers & obstacles -phisycal or intellectual- such as beliefs, rules, tradition & ... could stop the thriving process but it only needs hard work!

6.Freedom

Finally the balloons will fly high and get anywhere to share happiness and joy. All with the help of “ROBOTS”.