7.1: Project plan

Timeline

Feb 21-March 1:

-construct base 

-make mold for/pour the face

-design window inset

-design clock hands

March 2-8:

-fabricate clock hands, window inset

-get switch mechanism and code working

-develop installation output

March 9-15:

-troubleshoot

-create digital installation output

I started thinking that my lightbulb/lamp sculpture idea was too literal, so I designed another object that creates a similar experience but with more symbolic interest and richness. 

I'm most interested in the affect of sunlight inside interior spaces; also in the gradually shifting position of the sun in the sky by hour, day, and season as related to apparently stationary architectural planes like windows. I want to make a device that captures the sun's placement in the sky at a specific location which is then able to be brought inside to become a part of an installation. I'm still not sure on what the result of the data in the installation should be, so for now im focusing on constructing the portable object.

Iterating through ideas:

Design for the object (second page by Prof. Duarte):

                  

The object will be a handheld circular object that references construction and home materials. The circular base will be made of wood, and the face of it will be made of a reinforced plaster.

I will include a small window-like inset on the front with a mirror to reflect light behind it; and a door handle on the back as a grip. The device will have two modes: capturing, which records location and time, and displaying, which causes effects in the installation. 

What switches the modes will be a clock hand on the face of the object that resembles a clock hand. Mode changing will be triggered by switches underneath the plaster.