Shan liu presentation
-
Upload
victoria-vesna -
Category
Documents
-
view
257 -
download
0
Transcript of Shan liu presentation
Shan Liu Major Studio Spring 2011
Media: sound, visual probes
Goal: To give visitor a surrealistic, sensorial experience.
>> concept development
DESIGN STATEMENT:
Storing memories in format of snippets of sound, the nightstand recalls and reconstructs the memories through user interactions. Playing with the drawers triggers memories, and manipulates the mind to compose them into new ones.
pics of nightstand
AESTHETICS: surrealisticdreamy paintings by Dali
CONCEPT: morphing + transforming“Selective Memory Theatre” by Matthias Dörfelt
>> memory organization? > autobiographical memory & its formation
Autobiographical Memory Baseby Conway and Pleydell-Pearce (2000)
Lifetime Periods
General Events
Event-specific Knowledge
Memory probesThey are used as cues for specific memories.
Types of memory probes: verbal, visual, audio, odor, textile.
EmotionsEmotion greatly affects the way autobiographical memories
are encoded and how people retrieve those memories.
Positive Negative
>> memory associatations & triggers
HORROR
DIE FROM CAR ACCIDENT
HOME GET BROKEN INTOLOSING CONTACT WITH TENNIA
DESIRE
LOVE
BE HIRED
WIN A GAME
FEAR
LOSING PRECIOUS ITEMS
FALLING
BREAKING-UP
FINANCIAL CRISIS
Watching Tom & Jerry on TV at home
Alarm going off
Talking with mom on Skype
Technology, Family, Entertainment
Technology, School
Family, Technology, Relationship
FUTURE PLAN:
Pull API from YouTube and other community-based websites. To dream from a “collective mind”.