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Alien Walk: Commons Living Room 3

Given more time on the project, I'm deciding to integrate another component for the fifth sense, touch. What always struck me the most as I sat in Commons living room was the warmth of the fire and its ability to draw people in like moths to the flame. In order to translate the warmth, I'm going to use an electric blanket, which heats up when plugged into an outlet, to bring the heat to the presentation without using an open flame. To present it, I hope to be able to use a coat hanger, wrap the blanket around it, nail the coat hanger into the wall, and have viewers stand within the warmth of the blanket by wrapping it around themselves. In this way, my map of the space will become more interactive.
I will also re-do the map designs I had already and try to make everything symmetric based on the dimensions of the room. Printing out individual photos in the right proportion is my biggest concern. Hopefully, the presentation will be nicer with the map cut into the shape of the room.

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  1. Jeremy AbcugJanuary 28, 2018 at 7:15 PM

    Wow this is such a neat idea! That's super interesting and such a creative way to bring in the sense of touch (a sense that I just mistakenly assumed would be too difficult and hard to pull off). I'm super interested and excited to see how it'll work out for presentations on Tuesday!

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  2. UnknownJanuary 28, 2018 at 7:39 PM

    Rossella, I am interested to see how this element of touch will work with the rest of your presentation. I have found this to be one of the harder senses to work with in an art piece. I am wondering how the warmth of the blanket will compare to the heat a fire gives off. I can often feel a fire as it moves across my body as opposed to the steady comfort the blanket brings. Both give the same sensation of adjusting to the heat when you have been sitting beside it/wrapped in it for too long.

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