Most objects that you find on a podium in the center of a gallery are kept behind felt ropes and behind thick glass. Often accompanied by sign saying either, "do not touch" or "keep out of reach from children".
This talk will cover the design of our openly available plans for fabricating and animating content on a 3D LED pixel array, made with inexpensive, accessible materials and tools.
Music to Your Eyes is an exhibition that studies harmony through visual stimulation and exploration of color and form.The goal is to ignite a sensation for the viewer that is optimistic yet also leaves them with a sense of joy. To supplement the exhibition, they commissioned Plan of Record to create a virtual reality experience that could bring gallery visitors even deeper into their fantastical world.
TAOTOPIA is an interactive VR world that imagines a parallel universe where humans coexist in harmony with aquatic animals. Instead of exploiting nature, technologies are developed to enable cross-species communication and the building of a shared civilization. The project challenges anthropocentrism by drawing on deep ecology, which recognizes the inherent value of all living beings, as well as ancient Chinese Taoist philosophy and aesthetics. Through immersive experience, players are invited to question human-centered worldviews, reflect on their internalized assumptions, and consider the possibility of transforming their relationship with other forms of life.
In “The Lickback Renaissance,” set in an alternate 1920s Harlem, Zora, a brilliant African-American scientist, discovers the time-altering element Ether, sparking a technological revolution and a daring struggle for autonomy against inter-dimensional guardians and government forces, redefining the future of her community.
Power brokers manipulate the justice system. They gather at lavish parties, their secrets intertwining like a web with connections that reach into every corner of society. Eluded justice bribing politicians and manipulating the system to maintain influence.
