1.0
Providing a more "artful" approach to data gathering; the machine will provide a visualization of the environmental interactions over a given amount of time. As technology progresses we are removed further and further from the existing environmental conditions that we exist within. Ultimately through my project I hope to facilitate a better relationship between environment and space.
2.0
After exploring the possibility of creating a digital data drawing machine, I found the idea of manipulating a spatial form inside a gallery more rewarding. What is at play in the scenario is a data gathering apparatus and a resultant form mechanically orchestrated to shift and stir in response to ecological fluctuations. While the ideology that was working throughout the 1.0 version seemed successful, bridging the gap between environments in a more real-time digital interaction through mechanical intervention ultimately proves to be more valuable experiment.
Electronics
While I would enjoy to create a fully environmental encompassing kinetic sculpture I will explore a 1:1 relationship involving the wind at the Valldaura Self-Sufficient Lab. Eventually I will create a more in-depth data gathering apparatus working with all environmental conditions, however starting with wind gives me the opportunity to focus toward a single interaction and resultant. The exact fabrication will be a tripod that transitions into a wind vane mounted on top whose directionality will be interpreted in a gallery setting through an articulated mechanism. With an interaction between two elements, I know I will have to work with networking. Looking forward I know I will like to eliminate any problems with a completely integrated board, so in order to break the board down I would like to play with a break-out board hybrid style. I will be utilizing ratiometric hall effect sensors in order to calculate exact position so that this direction may be sent to a servo, re-visualizing the measured conditions. In addition, I will be using a AtMega 328 because of the number of available pins and the ability to expand, adding a more developable future to the project.
