Week Four: Interactive Display Research (Part Two)

What makes an exhibition interactive?

• Lighting
• Sound
• Taste
• Touch
• Smell
• Sight

Initial Ideas for an Interactive Installation:

• Collect scrap fabric from waste bins and join them all together to create the lining of a room that holds the installation. 
• Take all scrap materials you can find and dump them in the middle of a large room.
• Lasercut a puzzle to show an image that makes people think. Could be lasercut out of scrap fabrics?

<Images for analysis>

1. https://www.behance.net/gallery/4419469/WHAT-MADE-ME-Interactive-Public-Installation

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This interactive display asks people to think about what made them 'think,' 'change,' 'happy, 'create,' or 'happy.' It asks people to use different coloured string and loop it around the different words that relate to them. This is a fun way of finding out about how people think and how this affects who they are. It doesn't use a lot of space either, just wall space. I could use something similar in my project where people can loop string around the different values they have while shopping. This could be positioned near the start of the exhibition before they find out about sustainable clothing.

2. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/93/8c/4a/938c4a4d19f77547a073c108ce738251.jpg

This image shows a child interacting with a puzzle on the wall. Puzzles are a relaxing activity and excites the brain when it is completed and the final image is clear. It could be magnetic pieces to help it stick vertically. If I were to use this in my project, I could create my own by designing an image in illustrator then using the lasercutter to etch the design in and cut the pieces out. I could then add colour if I wanted to. If it was put in my exhibition it could be something that people could participate in but not necessarily complete on their own. I would display the final image too so that it was easier for people to put together and also see it when it was not yet complete.

3. http://divewondersblog.com/en/?p=1230

This is part of an exhibition in Moscow. It shows photographs of sea life pinned to the background netting. The netting looks similar to what fishermen use to catch fish. This exhibition shows how precious the sea life is and how it is disappearing quickly due to fishermen catching so much of it in nets and selling it. I could do something similar to this in the way of fashion, by showing images of fashion on runways but use thrown out scraps of fabric as the background. 

4. http://www.boredpanda.com/interactive-art-exhibition-put-your-head-into-gallery-tezi-gabunia/

This image shows a man who has his head inside a miniature Tate Modern exhibition. These are portable so that anyone can put their head inside and become an exhibit themselves. I could do something similar to this where people can put their heads into a box, and inside would be a miniature mock up of a fashion workroom where the workers are not treated well or paid well. This could be very effective, as when people look at the box it may appear to be one thing, but when they actually put their head inside to look, it will shock them as to how different it really is. 

5. https://www.questacon.edu.au/visiting/galleries/h2o/exhibits/hiddenwater

These images show an exhibition that encouraged the audience to interact to find out more information about the hidden water in products. I want to use this idea in my exhibition by giving people an interactive option to learn more about how much water is used in making one item of clothing. 

We have also started putting together a survey to send out to find out about people's clothing and how they buy, use and dispose of them.