Process IMI Year 2 2010-11
Locator // Tribes pt.1& pt.2 // Find it and improve it //
Locator
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Tribes
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Find it and improve it
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Brief
Define where you are at a moment in time. Choose the time and place of your location. Using anything from multi media to pieces of string, devise a way of communicating your position. location to an observer. Consider existing forms of location definition, maps, words, diagrams, charts, performance. GPS ( satellite positioning), lay lines, astronomical views of celestial objects, dance diagrams, the humble “you are here” map sticker, A-Z etc. Mixing or evolving a hybrid of two or more existing locaters, possible forms of interaction by the viewer / observer. Perhps an element of “training” is needed to make the viewer ale to understand, how to define your position.
Locator
To try to unerstand the logic behind mapmaking and wat type of information is used to display on a map- I asked a friend of mine to describe how to get to his house using well known landmarks. After i tried to visualize my understanding and meet my friend at his house without a call.
Brain storm Instructions Maps
Road signs
During this process i produced few directions for ideas that i would explore deeper in my research.
Graphs
During this experiment i “tracked� the route of 453 bus from Finchley road to Oxford circus. I used a pen and my hand to transfer the movement of bus onto the paper and visually depict the speed and conditions of the road.
Chosen subjects
Me map During my research I realized that i am becoming more interested in maps as in traditional way of navigation.
Past
Present To step away from my map obsession i wanted to experiment with a more personal way of locating around my lifepast, present and maybe future.
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After loads of idea failures i realized that the most interesting concept for me would be to pervert the existing undergroun system into something less important or maybe alter the information on map and that it only becomes usefull to a specific group of people.
Commuting in London is a huge part of everyone’s life in this city- it costs a lot and doesn’t work on weekends. It is about the time to find out how to dodge the overpriced ticket fees for the service that has disrupted so many lives. London’s first “bendy bus map” is in the process of creation...
Chaos
After years of using London transport i realized that often there are options when one is short of cash. Below is the first London’s bendy bus map V.1.0 More research is needed to compliment the empty grid with many more routes that are available.
Order
29 Sudburry Inn
18 Harrow Road
Turnpike Lane
Wembley Central
Finsbury Park
Wood Green Seven Sisters
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38 Clapton Stoke Newington
Isledon Road
Harrow Road Camden Town
Essex Road
Stonebridge Park Mornington Crescent
Hillside Craven Park
Hackney Central
Holloway Prison
Regent’s Park Royal Oak
Kensal Green
Edgware Road
Baker Street
Euston
Paddington Green
Marylebone
Marble Arch
207 Shepherd’s Bush
Southall
Acton High Southall Broadway
Park Lane
18
British Library
King’s Cross
Graham Road
Angel & Islington
Essex Road
Great Portland Street
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Uxbridge Road
Hackney Baths
Warren Street
Regent’s Park
Islington Green
Rosebery Avenue
Euston Square
Goodge Street Thepobald’sRo ad
Oxford Circus Tottennham Court Road
Green Park
Gower Street
Holborn
Leicester Square
Picadilly Circus
Hyde Park Corner
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207 Hayes
Ealing
Trafalgar Square 38
73 Victoria
Westminster
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507 Old Kent Road
Lambeth North
Bricklayers Arms
Elephant & Castle
New Cross Road New Cross Gate
Deptford Bridge 453
Over the Summer Break you are asked to create either a single piece of work, or a series of pieces, that capture and portray the essence of a group of people at a certain time, past or present - a nation or “tribe”.
Tribes
This could be anything from the Portuguese community in West London to the Goths of Camden, Sunday League football teams, a crew of graffiti writers, war veterans, professional crazy golfers, traffic wardens or lorry drivers. Look around you and seek out unusual or interesting ‘groups’ of people with odd hobbies, habits, lifestyles or jobs, highlighting their ‘collective’ personalities. Perhaps these people with great stories are right there in front of you and you didn’t see them before. Your final piece can take any shape you like - perhaps a short documentary piece or a series of short moving animated portraits. It could be a series of drawings and recorded interviews or maybe a fantastic set of photographic portraits. The trick is to have good access to your subject matter, spend good time with them and be observant, sensitive, objective and informative when you document the subject. Its not enough to just point a camera at someone - observe what they do, think about why this is interesting and think about how you will capture this.
London is well known for its diverse youth culture and fashion communities all around the city. Wether it’s North- South, East or West- each part of the city has it’s fashion trends that are emerging and can be seen on streets. The most trendy part of city known for it’s hip and chic audiences is based in the East. It’s small second hand, vintage shops, bars, galeries and trend setting couriers promote the change in the way society looks, thinks and behaves.
Chosen subjects
London is also a great destination for tourists and temporary seasonal workers from all over the world to enjoy and experience the Great British culture
The phrase between young people has become almost as an alternative to asking a phone number or an e-mail address. So maybe a research into tech- spec ultra modern day online tribes would be an option.
Based on the facebook.com usage facts i thought about the young internet generation that is emerging on the virtual waves of our modern day society.
Ilderton road, Bermondsey SE 16 There are around 30 caravans permanently parked which provide shelter to almost 100 people. Age range varies from young kids to pensioners. After many searches i came across an interesting tribe with unusual lifestyle that is very different to what a modern day person considers an average way of living. And Irish traveller community seems to be the right tribe to be looked into.
Recent estimates number both Roma and Irish Travellers together at 300,000. This map depicts majority of officially known Irish traveller sites within UK and Ireland. Others haven’t been shown as most of sites are just a temporary stop for the traveller community.
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As a result i created a fake facebook profile for a Irish traveller to show how technology can integrate even the most nomadic ethnic groups of modern society. And how they can still keep in touch even when they are on the move.
Life is suffering first noble truth. Attachment is the cause of suffering second noble truth. Ending attachment is the end of suffering third noble truth.
Why do people get tattoos? A tattoo artist once philosophized- when one is tatooed, one is concquerring inner fear and overcoming it- thus becomes a better person. Several of my friends recently got/decided to get tattoos. They all claim that their tattoos have some ‘special meaning’. It all seems rather childish to me. They all appear to be jumping on the tattoo bandwagon because ‘tattoos are cool!’ and using superficial reasons to justify permanently marking their body.
but all this is just a myth
Why do you dress the way you dress? Why do you style your hair the way you style it? Why do you behave the way you do?
Needles and sins
I wanted to do tattoos since I was little. The very first tattoo I saw was on The Prodigy album cover “The fat of the land� and that got me going into drawing deeper and deeper. Since I saw those crazy looking people with drawings on their bodies that was it- I was converted.
Yanis, Hammersmith Tattoo shop. Educated goldsmith, tattoo artist by trade.
Find it and improve it
Toilet paper
Possible Improvments
What happens in damp places ? What process is used to produce ? What happens if used repeatedly ? Storage issues ? Compilation. What are the possibilities ? Any Alternatives ?
- Absorbs moisture - Recycled - Hygienic - Light - Easy applied - Available - Irreplaceable
- Small “panels” - Chemically processed - Dry/ may cause rash - Bulky - Thin - Potentially runs out - Alternatives practised worldwide
- Combine 2 “panels - Experiment with shape - Make use of “embossed” texture - Improved absorbtion
CCTV
Arduino Smoke alarm Mini dish packaging Shape Storage Functionality Non- resealable
mobile stream
wi-fi antenna
Gym opening hours
Wind turbine generator/ dynamo
6.00- 22.00
How to make most of it ? What can be done ?
Average use Âą8h
What happens if used repeatedly ? Storage issues ? Compilation. What are the possibilities ? Any alternatives ?
- Range of eqipmentment - Price - Motivation - Atmosphere
- Outdated equipment - High membership fees - Wasted energy - Not self- sustainable
150w - 250w
humandynamo.com Spinning bike Laptop: 60-80 w Stereo: 30-70 w Small TV: 60-100 w
± 500 GBP
Generator
Charger
Battery
Rowing machine ± 250 GBP
200 W
48 V
48 V
48 V 150 Ah
$ 5,900 ± 130
± 30
± 140
£ Total: ± 300
1Kw =1000 W
±200w 10w
1h = ±200w 200w = 0.2Kw 5h = 1Kw
1h 1h = 10w
±20 x
1h = 200w 200w = 20h 1Kw = 100h
0w- 100w 0- 10km/h
100w- 150w 10- 15km/h
Speed
200w 20km/h
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