annexLAB

three friends (abe galway, tyler walker, tim maly) and i have decided to collaborate in some space-based experimentation using arduinos, processing 1.0, grasshopper (algorithmic modeling within rhino) and an emotiv headset (and projectors and screens and whatever else we can think of).

we have comandeered a space for our lab and are working on getting some money to buy equipment and exhibit our work. 

here are some of the basic technologies we will use:

Rousseau's Reveries of the Solitary Walker

I'm planning on using a similar structure to Rousseau's "Reveries" to pull together my thesis into a book. I'll reflect on a series of walks and my train of thought during those walks and embellish that with the research I've already completed and the experiments to come from annexLAB ...

next...(?)

i have an idea for a responsive space installation that i'd like to do for my thesis ...

the idea is a bit fuzzy right now - it involves a simple surface, probably textile, some arduinos, pressure sensors, light sensors, etc and a bunch of servos to manipulate the shape of the surface in response to occupation, holding over a trace of each occupant over time.

i'm studying the act of walking as a representation of occupation - trying to work out what energy/information/materials are available to the building-organism as a result of occupation (as a result of a person walking in a space).  i'm using grashopper/rhino to model those exchanges (kind-of) using the GPS tracks collected in the pedestrian survey a few weeks back as hard data to experiment with. i imagine that those experiments will inform the interactions in the installation.