A9_Wenwen Zhuang
A8:Tuning in & Windplay | Vicky Cen
In class exercise
When I was standing at my backyard, I heard three types of sound: wind chime, neighbor talking, and noise in the atmosphere. I labelled their relationship as I am inside the cube. Then I recorded their frequency and duration in the diagram above.
Assignment 8
Tuning
I chose to use a more abstract drawing to visualize the sound experience for this assignment. I was standing outside of my house with my eyes closed. I hear and I imagine. This drawing is how I felt at that moment. I forgot about the physical world and I would imagine I am standing in the darkness. It was chilly outside. I heard dry leaves jumping on the ground. I heard a bus and a bird in far. There was a hammer or some smashes that was not loud but unpleasant. And these sounds were wrapped by a wave of noise in the atmosphere. I was in the center of a tornado. I felt insignificant and weak compared to that noise. I felt like I was standing on a wire. The noise seemed like holding me in balance on a wire, but it was actually pulling and pushing me in all directions.
Windplay
I made three pinwheels with three types of paper material: regular printing paper, flyer, tracing paper. They have different weights so I want to compare their movements in the wind.
It was not windy outside so I just blew them……
A8: Tuning In & Windplay
Berend Kessler
A7 – Remi Landry Yuan
Uphill climb usually entails skipping a step, operating at a slower pace, with the foot residing closer to the rise of the step and using the entire run with my foot.
Assignment 7: Movement – Josh Fender
assignment 7_Wenwen Zhuang
The drawing documents my movement from my chair to another room. I standed up from my chair, then I switched the handgrip to open the door, and walked into the bathroom.
A7- Movement
Katie Hunks
In Class Assignment: Mapping an Interior Space
Journey from Interior to Exterior
A7_Movement_Duncan
A7: Movement
Berend Kessler
A6/7 | Noora | Tactile Body Spaces & Movement
Some possible proposals: change the door knob; refit the strike-plate to lie flush with the door frame; change the direction in which the door swings and switch the insulation to avoid pushing dust into the room; raise the insulation slightly to reduce friction. These could also be drawn.
The mapping on the left records the distribution of some key noises in my bedroom. Given the quiet COVID-19 weekday evening context, there was little activity and only the most consistent noises were heard.
The plan on the top left further spatializes elements identified in the mapping. A ‘problem wall’ which propagates and amplifies noises in the room is identified.
Two simple drawings on the bottom right diagrammatically elaborate on the ‘problem wall’ in relation to the furnace and lamps as key noise sources. Proposals are made to resolve these issues.
While I find these drawing quite successful and think they can speak for themselves, they would benefit from supporting drawings:
Drawings of the (decidedly plasticky) textures at a high spatial resolution, and where exactly they contact the body would be beneficial. A series of body-position drawings could be produced to illustrate the awkward positions assumed in navigating the desk. Perhaps additional position drawings with my laptop/wired-headphones/wheeled-chair as targets I actively manipulate which also limit/enable my mobility.
These were all considerations on my mind, but I skipped the step of drawing them – potential materials for a more robust analysis.