Project 4: Project Proposal

Polluter:

In the room, there will be a viewer who walks through the installation. As you walk through the space, there will be a series of videos/images projected along the walls/surfaces, and trash around the room and on the floor in which the viewer will have to either pick up (which most viewers probably will not do, but shows results from my experiment/hypothesis) or kick to the side. Another idea I can do, but is not necessary, is to spill some juice or liquid on the ground where the viewer will walk, to make their feet feel sticky, which will add to the vibe of dirt/pollution, as well as add another element of the sense of touch for the audience.

As the viewer makes their way to the end of the space/installation, there will be a figure or shape of a human, and on it will be a video projection of a person doing some sort of pollution, while standing close and looking into the camera. The viewer will then be able to lift a flap or some piece of cloth of the figure, to reveal a mirror underneath, with the viewer's reflection directly on it. The viewer watches as the polluter becomes the reflection of their-self.

As the viewer walks through, another experiment I can trial is having some fruits/food on branches that the viewer can rip off and eat if they choose. The fruits will be delicious, but it will go to serve the metaphor for humans taking the planet's food and resources.

In the beginning, I can include projections of nature/earth with lush vegetation and healthy heartbeat sound in background, and as you walk through it, the planet dies and is barren/plants withered and planet's heartbeat dies off.

Senses:
-Sight
-Touch (touching the trash/sticky floor, moving the flap)
-Hear (heartbeat, any other sounds)
-Taste (if they choose to eat a fruit)

Materials:
-Camera
-Projector
-Laptop, MadMapper
-Mirror
-Fruits/branches
-Trash, juice
-Sheets/materials for wall surfaces or surface to project on

Plan:
April 9-14: Research which materials to use (projecting surface, fruit branches)
April 15: Should have all materials acquired by this point
April 9-17: Get all videos/animations/footage to be projected
April 21: Should have set up the whole set-up at least once by this point, to make sure everything is right and don't need anything else
April 23: Plan out lighting and positioning of projector, to prevent unintentional shadows
April 28: Should have everything done/acquired by now... Now time just for practicing and run-through's