Main object
Our installation will be installed in the West Court, maximizing the utilization of this space.
Fig 1-rendering of main object
Fig 2-rendering of main object
In the entire space, the most important media of the Main Object are paper and sound. Paper not only gives data a physical entity in the real world but also visualizes the data, allowing the audience to see, touch, and smell it.Therefore, we have ordered six pieces of paper measuring 31cm by 1000cm, and these data will be scrambled, randomly sorted, and assigned different font sizes.
Fig 3- Practical of data paper
Fig 4- data paper of PDF
Among these data, 20% are significantly larger, while 80% are of a more regular size, thereby greatly enhancing the visibility of the data.This 60-meter-long paper will become the main body of the Main Object, and other data-bearing papers will appear in the space, which can be affixed to walls, appear beneath the object as a map, and so on.
The sound will be divided into Diegetic and Non-diegetic parts, with the Diegetic part comprising the soundscape.These sounds will permeate the entire space, serving as a key to leading people into the hyperobject Edinburgh, as they can create a realistic atmosphere, generating an illusion of being in the city.The sound design of the Non-diegetic part is more crucial than the Diegetic, as it is key to leading people into the world of Data.
Human Object
John Cage played a trick in his work 4’33”, where the audience expects a performance from the main performer during this duration. In reality, the audience itself becomes part of the work, thus we will also play a trick within this human object.This trick consists of two parts: paper and 3D print.We will print a paper saying “Please listen carefully”, misleading the audience into a mistaken action. In reality, there will only be sounds within the space; the 3D print does not produce sound.
The 3D print part represents me, or rather, a fusion of myself in both static and dynamic states, symbolizing a superimposed state.Together, our group covered me with black plastic bags and aluminum foil, scanning me with a smartphone’s radar.The scanning results were imported into CloudCompare for processing and editing, exported as a new model,then imported into Cinema 4D for further modeling and editing, and finally exported in a 3D printable format and uploaded to ucreate for 3D printing.
Fig 5 static state and dynamic state in Comparecloud
Fig 6- static state and dynamic state in Comparecloud
Fig 7 – Human object in C4D
Fig 8 – 3D print in Prusaslicer of Human object
Small Object
Marcel Duchamp transformed a urinal into ‘her’ work “Fountain”, similarly, a Scottish Blackface can become our work, but unlike a regular Scottish Blackface, it is one wearing a hat.This hat is made through 3D printing, and it also represents its scanned data.After scanning the Scottish Blackface, we processed it to transform it into a hat, presenting both the real Scottish Blackface and the data-Scottish Blackface simultaneously, of course, in various hat sizes.
Fig 9- Data Scottish Blacface in Comparecloud
Fig 10-Data Scottish Blacface in Comparecloud
Fig 11-Data Scottish Blacface Hat in C4D
Fig 12-Data Scottish Blacface Hat in Prusaslicer
