Autobotography Intent_KeeganE
As my ongoing love for existentialism continues to be supported by the majority of my coursework this semester, I’ve opted to use this project as yet another method of channeling some of the ideas and thoughts which power the majority of my creative impulses at this stage in my life. The raw realities of life, death, purpose (or lack thereof) give me an incredible medium with which to paint my own autobotography, and I plan to do so by utilizing many of the examples we’ve seen in class and shifting their focus to purely express existential issues.
My intent is to combine physical computing (Arduino), existential works of Sartre, Nietzsche, Franz Kafka, and the visual-coding software Processing to augment ideas of existential anxiety, isolation, and the process of overcoming particular mental obstacles in our modern world. I want to be able to properly summarize the extensive professional history of existentialism, and blend it with my own experiences to create something personalized and connected to me, but still retaining the more universal experiences of the human condition to reach a broader understanding among those who interface with my device.
I will be using an array of sensors, namely ultrasonic sensors, joystick, buttons, and analog displays to interface directly with my laptop’s Processing program. This should maximize user engagement by augmenting the physical world without being too complex to become distracting from the visuals. The thing which I believe will make this project most successful is the engagement with issues which are, at their base, the core problems every single human is exposed to at some point in their lives. Existentialism as a platform for artful thought is one which is reinforced by generations of immensely successful and thoughtful artists, and being able to breach into this art world in a coherent manner is something I strive to achieve, and is an aspect which I will do my utmost to mirror in a project such as the one presented here.
I would record the individual experiences with this program, and create an online port for it which would be modified to support keyboard and mouse-support, rather than the in-person experience of using Arduino.
I estimate that I would spend approximately $20-$50 on additional sensors, breadboards for prototyping, and a more structured soldering-board for the final product. The expenses shouldn’t be extravagant, but additional materials will almost certainly be necessary, so a budget with comfortable wiggle room because a must.
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One of the principles of interface design is the fewer points of interactivity the better. I think you would be better off coming up with a simpler, perhaps less ambitious interface.