Final Project

Intimacy Training Head from Tim Martin on Vimeo.

The lady and her brains

testing the photocell along with the speaker.

Suprisingly to me, it seems that this project was more inspired by Jimmy Edgar than anything else, but there was a lot that I was thinking about through the development of this. Essentially it gave me a good chance to play around with the GinSing, which I was happy about. Most of the time I was taking into consideration the kind of dependency that people place in aspects of their life that are far from human, although they may feel like it is. 

This is what she's saying: 

Hold her close to you and lean in slowly, dont make it a quick peck but part your lips and move your lips with hers when you kiss.

(From a wise source on Yahoo Answers...)

And here's the code I was able to write up for it...

Stupid Pet Trick

Utilizing a simple input-output situation with the Arduino, my first project was quite a learning experience in regards to wiring and just working with LEDs in general. I think it ended up being about 30, And not knowing how to use an H-bridge or array on the breadboard, I used 2 LEDs to one pin, resulting in the birds nest you can see in the video. The custom switch was simply copper wire running through a teddy bear's hands, so that when you pushed them together, the hive behind him lights up in a circular sequence utilizing delays.

Bruce Munro @ Longwood

Seeing the Bruce Munro installation at Longwood Gardens was a beautiful experience for sure. There was such an organic beauty to how he was able to transform the spaces that his installations occupied. Lights pulsated in a way that quoted the spaces that they were placed in. In a sense, each new installation was a separate entity and experience on its own, creating the feeling of moving from one unique setting to the next. There were some installations that stood out rather than others when Munro's work is looked at this way. Personally, I was able to identify with the water bottles quite well. I spent most of my time there, focusing on the sillhouttes of the people that mingled around. I squinted, and the negative spaces that each persons body made, in comparison to the pillars of light water, seemed ethereal and evoked a greater idea of humanity in me. I was drawn to the way each person was individually affected by the exhibit, but at the same instant, how the groups of people as a whole experienced it too.

I was most pleased with the Forest Walk part of the exhibit. The ability to take an already wonderful space and add to its sense of natural beauty is very inspiring. Bruce had to have taken into great consideration the initial serenity before even considering placing one of the ten-thousand lights that filled the floor of the woods. This part of the exhibit alone, was definitely worth making the trip.