Sue Ngo: ITP Coursework

I found inspiration for my final project from an installation piece created by Su-Mei Tse.  I want to build a swing the user can sit in, and as they swing they control video being projected on the wall in front, to the side, and above them. For me the swing symbolizes childhood.  I want the user to feel as if they are scrubbing their own memory as they are physically swinging, inducing a nostalgic experience.

I will be attaching an accelerometer to the bottom of the swing seat.  Using the call and response method, I will send serial data from arduino over to processing. As the user swings the processing sketch will scrub through the video I have taken.   I will also need to work with an Xbee to make the project wireless.

First steps:  Mapping the accelerometer (using Tom Igoe’s code)

mapping an accelerometer from Susan Ngo on Vimeo.

2003 | Messa di Voce (Golan Levin and Zachary Lieberman) with Jaap Blonk and Joan La Barbara

The original of this is wider. Go to OpenProcessing.org to check it out.

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Click on mouse to flap wings. Use F or R to make the bird fly.