It's ALIVE! My first creation for Perry Hobermans class. It's a very basic piece, really. It involves simple user input and system output. I call it Giggle Flower 1.0 and I have a few videos. These are large and take a while to load, please be patient. They are both Quicktime files. There is NO sound.
Large (12 meg .mov)
Small (6 meg .mov)
The system is constructed of mostly leftover/junked computer parts, a small 9-12 volt motor, an infrared sensor kit and a torn up fake plastic sunflower. The base is square because I mounted the flower inside an old computer power supply. My original intention for the piece was to have it hooked up to a computer and have it "bloom" when someone came online, but I had no previous knowledge on how to do this. This design is somewhat original, but it's usage is not in the least. Many different versions of this same concept have been done before, some much better than this. I am just happy to actually have something tangible to show for my efforts. It will be presented again this Wednesday. Inspiration for this project came from Cian Cullinan at the Media Lab Europe's "Human Connectedness" group. A BBC article on his digital flower is available here.
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