On a grid of equilateral triangles, we hung a total of 280 glass wind chimes from the ceiling at varying heights to represent the undulation of a wave. When you walk underneath the wind chime, not only does it ring, but its LED also alights like a firefly. The wind chimes nearer to the ceiling ring in higher tones, and those hung lower in lower tones together offering 10 degrees of tonal expression. And it feels as though you are walking inside a large interactive instrument. Additionally, the wind chimes are networked together, so that the sound and light spreads to adjacent wind chimes like ripples in the water. This network system was based on the idea of “behavior” we observe among certain animals in nature that form groups.
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just a quick note to remind everyone that I also post snippets on my microblog: miscellany, and I post select photographs on my photo microblog.
also, there is a feature on tumblr where you can set up an ‘ask’ page, but I think it would be more effective to put it here – anything anyone wants to ask me, about any subject? I can’t promise a long, or thrilling, answer, but it would be fun to see what my readers are interested in hearing about. put it in the comments!
found this article on angie’s site, and found it interesting.
The three apology types or components are: compensation (e.g. I’m sorry I broke your window, I’ll pay to have it repaired); empathy (e.g. I’m sorry I slept with your best friend, you must feel like you can’t trust either of us ever again); and acknowledgement of violated rules/norms (e.g. I’m sorry I advised the CIA how to torture people, I’ve broken our profession’s pledge to do no harm).
I don’t feel I am strongly aligned with any of the personality types that the article indicates as most likely to appreciate each kind of apology, but I definitely respond best to the ‘rule violation’ type of apology, and find all other apologies to be cheap cop-outs. the ’empathy’ kind of apology – that seems like a given to me, and the ‘compensation’ apology feels like the apologizer is trying to buy their way out of guilt. if I don’t get a ‘rule violation’ apology I feel the apology is not sincere, because the apologizer has not acknowledged any actual wrongdoing. what do you think?
my friend angie has set up a webcam of her delightful bunnies in their two-story bunny condo. watch, enjoy, squee.
great video on douglas trumbull’s website about the making of ‘blade runner’s opening sequence. brass miniatures, forced perspective, smoke, fiber optics, gasoline explosions, the works!
move videos about ‘blade runner’ fx: bradbury building, spinner vehicles
robyn sent me this. he says he’s unlucky in love! I’M RIGHT HERE.
from the folks at aardman, delightful microscopic stop-motion animation shot with a modified nokia N8. needless to say, I want one and I want to make a movie RIGHT NOW.
via cecile
