Final Year Studio - Development - Review #1

presentation review 1, originally uploaded by Jimbo (Alan James Wellock).

Yesterday I was asked to present a presentation that summerised both the research and ideas that I have done during the past couple of weeks of my investigation. Subjects I highlighted were 'Associaitve Bandwidth' theory, Initial Research, Initial Ideas, Research and Development. I explained my idea for the 'Datamotives' project and gained valuable feedback.

One interesting feedback idea was to investigate into other means in which I can show the travel and arrival of something. This doesn't just have to be by visual means but also maybe audio. This could take the form of a train sound increasing in volume until you hear it pull up outside the room. It could also be instead of visually mapping transportation of a website, I could use a tanoy system. Not unlike the ones in real train stations that recite when each train (website) is arriving. This could be really effective if done in away that replicates the broken up language used by public space information systems.

Another point brought up was the expect of making the visual mapping of each route, more interesting and 'life like.' To do this I could use various IP Addresses that the data travels through to show websites traveling through busy intersection points in the network. Another idea could be to use more than one computer and have websites travel around a small 'model intranet.' Doing this would emphasise my idea of having just one version of each website that can only be viewed on one computer at a time, almost treating the digital data as a physcially unique object.

Finally a more traditional area to look in to will be the simlarities and differences associated with our perception of what William J. Mitchell calls today's 'informatization' period and the pasts 'industrialisation' era. This idea could be influencial for how my idea will visually communicate itself and it may be worth researching deeper into the branding of old railway organisations and the art/romance surrounding traditional traveling means.