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Afterglow: A Modern Interactive Cycling Jacket
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The “Afterglow” is a LED light sensor cycling jacket working prototype. Its purpose is to allow drivers to be aware of cyclists at dawn and dusk, and understand cyclists’ intentions of turning, yielding, and stopping. LED lights are emitted on the back of the jacket; left light signal, right light signal, and a main color signal: green for go, yellow for yield, and red for stop. Attached to the jacket are a two-fingered glove that activates the left and right LED turn. Left and right LED light indicators on each sleeve assure users that all the lights on the back of the jacket are working.
There is a New Man in Town: STV Rocks
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To promote STV effectively, we researched the demographic targets and promotional strategies of the Citizen’s Assembly. Though Citizen’s Assembly mainly posts YouTube educational videos and uses a website (www.stv.ca) to communicate, it is hard to reach various audiences due to the limited and traditional type of videos. People do not care about politics and do not use keywords like “Politics,” “STV” or “voting system” when they surf the Web, since the results and the information they get are always boring and not appealing.
Sad Culture
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This project was created for class and it is inspired by Christos Hatzis' String Quartet #1. He stated that he was inspired by the rapidly vanishing Inuit culture and the increase in the suicide rate among Inuit youth in 90's. To visualize this unique inspirations Christos Hatzis had, I used a Inuit boat-kayak as a symbolic representation of its vanishing culture and deaths of young Inuit.
Enlightened
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Enlightened is a recreation of a surrealist and religious dream of mine. In the actual dream I trenscended into the clouds while visiting a Japanese temple located in the mountains. "You are enlightened," was the message the Buddhist monk delivered as I sat down for a cup of tea. This is just one of my many dreams that I have regarding religions. A diety of Mount Tai, a subordinate of Horus, a pet crane of Guan Ying, a cooking god, a subordinate of Guan Gong...
Rockstar
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It has been said that the canine sense of smell is hundreds of times more sensitive to that of human beings. It can be argued that this uniquely detailed perceptual experience points to an empirical intelligence that humans can only imagine. Some canine experts speculate that the pleasure the dog experiences from traveling in a car with his head out the window is like a psychedelic experience – fantastic rush of the senses.
Aria
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Aria shows the artist’s companion dogs, Sugi and Tom, exploring the natural world; a journey through a forested landscape ending with Tom vocalizing his enthusiasm as a kind of “aria.” Aria, the operatic form, is defined as a long accompanied song by a solo voice, with origins in 18th century Italian music. The form of the aria and the imagery in Aria recall historical romanticism which, in art, emphasized personal inspiration and individual subjectivity.
Wait
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The companion species relationship is a starting point for the critique explored in Wait. Here, human and animal communication methods are brought to bear within this interactive installation. As a visitor enters the space, a video is automatically triggered from an archive showing a dog walking toward the visitor. If the visitor continues to stand in position, the dog will sit or lie down and 'wait', observing the visitor. If the visitor turns to leave, the dog also walks away.
