Touch
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Tuesday 30 March 2010
Saturday 27 March 2010
Friday 26 March 2010
Chaosorderchaosorderchaosorder.
Marjan Teeuwen, Archief Sheddak 1 (2010), Verwoest Huis 2 (2008), Verwoest Huis 8 (2008)
Molecules of water
II use plastic bags fill in water, hang from ceiling by fishing strings. Plastic bags seem to be in levitation.
The idea is to walk between these plastic bags, to touch the water, water's temperature, to move the bags and hear water. This installation allows to use our different senses.
Marie.
Thursday 25 March 2010
Henrik so far
My plan is to use strings or thread that can be develoed into a fragile or more rigid use. A thread on its own is loose and flexible but when energy or a system is added, it becomes more solid. Like a carpet.
This is how I'm going to devolop my element of materials.
This is how I'm going to devolop my element of materials.
Henrik so far
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Wednesday 24 March 2010
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Sunday 21 March 2010
Black Room - Snoezelen House
A room that has limited stimulation. It is a room for people who cannot sort their senses. A 'normal' brain has the capacity to store away 80% of things we sense and if one is unable to do that, they can enter madness.
Friday 19 March 2010
Wednesday 17 March 2010
Thoughts
What is reality? What is in our minds? What do we see? What do we feel is inside of us? What do we make up in our heads?
Der Mensch als Industriepalast [Man as Industrial Palace] from Henning Lederer on Vimeo.
Sunday 14 March 2010
Monday 8 March 2010
Sunday 7 March 2010
Growing Old In A Foreign Place...
User:
Since I've changed my user from the last time. I will mention a few things about her. Naseeb Kaur, 82 years old has been living in Bergen for the last 40 years. She can speak Norwegian just as much as I can, which is very basic. Yet she manages to grow old and continues a fulfilling life in this foreign place that she now calls home. Although, I question her connection to this place. She and her family have created a place within a place for her. She lives with her youngest son and daughter-in-law and her two really cute grandchildren. She also has another place that she calls home and that is in Punjab, India.
Her life story is like sitting through a history lesson. It is full of displacement and many sad chapters. Her father fought in WWII; she has lived through the partition of India and Pakistan; and later when she was living with her husband and family in Uganda, they were forced to leave the country. Eventually they all settled in Bergen, where they have been living until now.
She and I share a love for embroidery. It is the one passion that has stayed consistent throughout her life. Although now, as she grows old, her hands and eyes are no longer as able to assist her as they once did. She lights up when she talks about the things she's embroidered.
Material and Element:
I'm investigating two different materials that perhaps could interlace.
Cotton:
Naseeb Kaur likes how the cotton feels in her hands, she adds "that cotton clothes are the best to wear, you can try wearing lots of other materials but they are all useless, that is why cotton is the best." I've continued experimenting with cotton as a form by pouring wax on it, in it, by creating soft and hard textures, soft and hard sounds.
Assembling techniques:
Naseeb Kaur shows keen interest in my embroidery techniques that I used to join two pieces together. She tells me that they are correct techniques after which, she brings out her embroidered work to show me. I would like to extend this idea of assembling by creating an exchange between her and the native culture of Bergen.
Phase 2 - In process
Here a pdf-file from SlideShare follows. In this presentation I explain where I am at now in the design process and some of what I have been doing.
Phase 2 Element, in process
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Saturday 6 March 2010
Thursday 4 March 2010
Material Workshop with Bent are Nilsen
Including piles of round and squared pieces of plastic, wooden sticks and painted, round wooden pieces, cotton balls.
Bent are Nilsen, who cannot see but hear with help from hearing aid, has an incredible “eye” for details. When trying to recognize the materials of this workshop, he uses his hands and his ears. He touches the material curiously and knocks the pieces carefully against the table - one material by one and then all over again. His guesses of what the pieces actually are are mostly correct. But the painted, round wooden pieces were identified as plastic and the squared pieces of plastic were identified as mosaic. When I tell him what they actually are, he directly answers, “Then these small, round ones have got to be painted? Are they colorful?”
When I ask him to pair, group, select and deselect materials, he thinks for a while and touches the piles again. He likes the wooden sticks because of their rough and truthful surface, as well as the cotton balls, which makes him think of warm clothes or his dog. He pairs the round, hard materials and the wooden sticks with the squared plastic pieces, both pairs defined by shape. The cotton balls are left alone. He does not like the small, rounded wooden pieces, because of their tininess. The fact that I put the piles of materials in a row made him feel aware of where they were. He also guesses that I had put out the materials in a specific order. I had not, however I appreciate that he thinks about it that way. During this workshop his hands never leave the surface of the table.
FFO Workshop 2010 02 26
At FFO we got useful information about the organization and were naturally discussing universal design, while trying out different ways of being blind. As you can see from the picture below, we where handed out special glasses and blindfolds that represented the most common visual impairments.
I tried to write, draw and braid hair, while being totally blind. It was a good experience and you got the impression of what kind of blindness you would prefer. (Like you have the option to choose, haha.) However, I think that most of the participants, including myself, would prefer having partially clear vision, from being totally blind or suffer from cataract - blurred vision. To be able to see clearly in some parts of the visual field and not at all in other parts seemed a bit disturbing, but yet manageable.
Somehow, I think I got even more respect for the blind after this workshop. I will occasionally continue walking around alone with my head down to learn more, and recommend others to do the same!
Wednesday 3 March 2010
Monday 1 March 2010
painting for the blind - The magic of assistive technology
The Touch Color Concept is the innovation in the world of assistive technology to prove that creation of art does not necessarily require eyesight. A Thermal digital tablet and a Rainbow Color picking ring in this gadget enable a blind person to paint his imagination on the tablet with his fingers. The tablet makes it possible to sketch and paint beautiful digital pictures. The rainbow picker in this device has 24 vibrant shades. One can scroll the ring to choose the color. Color can be identified by sensing the Braille dots on each color.
Rainbow Picking Ring
The rainbow picking ring can be captured with the help of the fingers. The ring can be scrolled to select any color from 24 shades. The Braille dots on the shades help to identify different colors. Further, the gadget makes a distinction between colors by producing diverse temperatures due to LED bulbs. It is nothing but the touch of technology that transforms color from the rainbow ring on to the thermal drawing board.
Thermal Drawing Board/Tablet
When a blind person selects color on the ring with the help of his finger, the thermal-color display technology makes him possible to visualize the outlines of a picture and colors rightly. The color gets transmitted on the tablet and one could draw with his fingers. One can use Braille stylus to outline the picture and paint like a pro.
Other Aids
The thermal board has a cavity that holds the rainbow ring in place while drawing. The switch button enables to study the surface of the tablet and to create the picture due to its study mode and creation mode. The picture can be saved, deleted and transferred easily. A hearing device on the tablet instructs the painter to help him come up with a near to perfect artwork.
The Touch Color Concept is a must have device for those who are suffering from color blindness. The touch screen technology has gone beyond the senses with this ground-breaking invention. All credit goes to the master minds behind this new age gizmo - Yun Li, Guopeng Liang & Ke Zhao. It is an era to paint with the soul and not with the eyes.
Rainbow Picking Ring
The rainbow picking ring can be captured with the help of the fingers. The ring can be scrolled to select any color from 24 shades. The Braille dots on the shades help to identify different colors. Further, the gadget makes a distinction between colors by producing diverse temperatures due to LED bulbs. It is nothing but the touch of technology that transforms color from the rainbow ring on to the thermal drawing board.
Thermal Drawing Board/Tablet
When a blind person selects color on the ring with the help of his finger, the thermal-color display technology makes him possible to visualize the outlines of a picture and colors rightly. The color gets transmitted on the tablet and one could draw with his fingers. One can use Braille stylus to outline the picture and paint like a pro.
Other Aids
The thermal board has a cavity that holds the rainbow ring in place while drawing. The switch button enables to study the surface of the tablet and to create the picture due to its study mode and creation mode. The picture can be saved, deleted and transferred easily. A hearing device on the tablet instructs the painter to help him come up with a near to perfect artwork.
The Touch Color Concept is a must have device for those who are suffering from color blindness. The touch screen technology has gone beyond the senses with this ground-breaking invention. All credit goes to the master minds behind this new age gizmo - Yun Li, Guopeng Liang & Ke Zhao. It is an era to paint with the soul and not with the eyes.
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