Monday, October 3, 2016

Project Run-A-Way Proposal

I am inspired by how much technology is starting to be apart of our everyday life from checking our health to watching our weight or even monitoring our sleep progress. There are even report that have biohackers putting flat like disks under their skin to monitor their body's current condition (http://gizmodo.com/the-latest-trend-among-biohackers-is-implanting-led-lig-1741697381)
I wanted to make a dress that was following along the path that we have fully embraced technology with ourselves. There will be an arduino board hooked up to a heart beat monitor that will be over the model's heart actually reading the heart beat. From this, there will be light where the model's heart is and will light up with the heart. The light will then carry down through the dress in a vein like fashion. The same vein like pattern will be on the arms but they will be covered in skin liquid latex to give the illusion that the lights are under the skin. The face will be made up with fiber optic lights and with actual make up.
Rough sketch:

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5 comments:

  1. UnknownOctober 4, 2016 at 8:30 AM

    I really like this idea. I think a black dress would be a good choice to allow the light to really be noticeable. Will all of the light for the fiber optics be coming from the heart or will there be another light source?

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  2. UnknownOctober 4, 2016 at 8:45 AM

    I think this is gonna turn out pretty cool. My question is along the lines of the overall look of the character. Are you thinking of something like a doll, or playing down personal looks in order to make sure the dress is the focal point? I was just curious about that.

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  3. UnknownOctober 9, 2016 at 2:11 PM

    I'm excited to see the lights play directly into the skin of the person wearing this; I think that certainly helps convey the idea of the technology integrated into our lives. Additionally, I agree with Etta, definitely look into the aesthetic you wish to achieve with this dress, and possibly consider the implied age of the character. A younger doll like dress would make the character appear younger, etc.. Perhaps dress in a way that reflects our age group or a teenage age group since these generations have grown up with technology since an early age, and are at the age to often rely on it in our daily lives.

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  4. UnknownOctober 11, 2016 at 6:28 AM

    Here is a video of that Japanese musician I mentioned during class who uses heart beats to control lights during his live performances.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdKj-qUl5VI

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  5. UnknownOctober 11, 2016 at 6:28 AM

    Here is a video of that Japanese musician I mentioned during class who uses heart beats to control lights during his live performances.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdKj-qUl5VI

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