Comments on: In Transit : Sensoriium Gymnasium

By: maggie

maggie — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:43:48 +0000

Lizzie – In response to your idea about the “very different kinds of chairs”, C & I have been pondering, & although it’d be fun to go op shopping, we’re thinking actually the chairs need to be simple & the same.
And yes – there needs to be someone there to interact with the traveller at(#4); two chairs facing for the duo in (#6); & a guide/facilitator for the VCR (#7).
Also, we’re very much hoping that a continuous soundtrack provided by the mp3 is a real potential, providing the (body-centred) thread that links all of the SG’s experiences …

By: maggie

maggie — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:15:10 +0000

G & L!
As I envisaged the SG as a whole, I’d imagined that the mp3 soundtrack would somehow relate to its entirety, bringing the participant constantly back to the body (which, without reminder is inevitably lost to the intentional experience, as attention is drawn outward to one thing or another). In that case, basically every participant (who’d be happy to use the device) would need one. The question is what else is going on in the SG involving sound?? I agree that there’s a lot of “playing” to do to find fusion & an overall unified experience.

By: lizzie

lizzie — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:30:17 +0000

M and C!

Your “living room” induction idea fits in with my own plans for the space – i’ll do a separate post on that in a minute and you’ll see what I mean.

I like the idea of the 6 “lounges” – how to signal those different lounges will be interesting. If it’s chairs, should they be very different kinds of chair (we could go to an op shop and find an array). I like the idea of some kind of sensor feedback that picks up on the different kinds of movement – but (as you suggest) feeds it to others in the room rather than back to the participant themselves… could be sound or light.

All these things can be played with in the space.

I love the idea of the mp3 player guided experience too. We’ll have to think more about how we facilitate the last stage – i think that will have to have one of us helping the participant out.

Do you guys envisage doing a soundtrack for other activities too or just for the 6 transit lounges? I couldn’t tell from this description.

I guess that’s also something you could work out in the space. The answer to that makes a big difference to George’s question. If it’s just the transit lounges then i reckon 2 is probably enough.

By: George Khut

George Khut — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:00:04 +0000

Hi all,
Just wondering how many mp3 players we’d need to do this? Assuming we’re doing a sound track for many (if not all the other activities), how many players do you think we’d need all up?

Each activity could be a track, and participants advance through the session track-by-track?