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52 Princess Street - Blue Prints

Here are the ground and 1st floor plans. its before the renevation happened so not all the details are there, but its good have and i just looks good.

Enjoy

Matthew

my new blog

not really sure how this all works as brand new day but I have attempted to set up a new blog if your interested here it is...

http://jonathanstead.blogspot.com

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Stuff I like

Hello all,

first post and all that, so just thought I would show you a few sites I like and think are interesting.

http://www.wefeelfine.org/

http://www.postsecret.blogspot.com/

went a bit mad..

with the footage katy gave me of buildings. It looks nothing like buildings now, but pretty nonetheless (I hope). After spending an entire night waiting for rendering, as a result I have no hard drive and probably a greater disposition for epilepsy. Oh well.

This one for the ceiling perhaps? In total these videos run for about 10mins. If anyone wants to shoot more footage of Manchester I'd be grateful, then it can run for longer...



Couple of minor points: The quality isn't great because it's reprocessed/ reformatted camcorder footage so you can see lots of grain when shown large-scale. Second, this is 16:9 (widescreen) ratio, if the ceiling/wall is more square I might need to change it 4:3? Also the next video is inverse, and the projector will be projecting the *white, not black. So we'll need to test it to see if it looks alright.

I made this one into a circle, then duplicated it again. When I played it back, it looked a bit like eyes watching you. Kinda like the idea of moving eyes in the foyer.. "the city is watching you" cliché..


(I was thinking of calling it 'Wall-E takes mescaline' but that would probably be inappropriate..)

52Princese ---media lab ..... projection....

who wants to send more work for temporary "52 princess" projection please do at this address florin@florinmocanu.co.uk . i'll do my best to finish it till next thursday.

Princess St Meeting 19/11/09

The meeting with Paul McCann was attended by Ady (thanks for getting hold of the projector) Matthew, Ste, Ireena & Katy.

• We showed Paul the temporary work and tried out the position of the projector. There is a lowered ceiling under the mezzanine balcony that can act as a shelf for the projector which would be connected to a laptop which would go on Norman's desk. A mirror would need to be angled in front of the lens and masked to stope any light overspill.

• Paul also showed us the interior spaces that could be used for lighting / projection from the inside onto the windows on the corner of the building (to the right of the entrance as you look at the building from the outside). He is happy for anyone to go into these spaces and work experimentally while the building is open.

[The ground floor has no power yet; First floor is occupied; Second and third floors are empty with power.]

• He can also open up for us on a Saturday if necessary. We discussed Saturday 28th as an installation date.
• The question of additional funding was raised again and Paul suggested we should liaise with Marcus Lord on this.
• The building was used this week as a venue for a Man Met event and has previously been used for showing degree show work.
• Florin later showed us a more elaborate version of the carousel idea that he has been working on.

Jobs To Do:

• Cable required to run from projector / laptop for long term use; by Sat 28th (or earlier) Ady
• Mirror / arm attachment; by 28th Katy
• Laptop for long term use; by 28th Ste
• Arrange Meeting with Marcus asap Katy
• Floor plans / measurments; Andrea has these apparently asap Matthew
• Put all work into new carousel by Thurs 26th Florin
• check if Florin has got your work asap everyone

Long Term
Everyone to be working in their sub-group on the idea for the space they have identified, progress to be reviewed Thursday 3rd Dec? Possibility of Sid / Katy work to be installed first with help from others for the installation. Temporary/experimental work in the window spaces can be installed at any time.

sid..

I think that is a nice idea! I also think its quite a different take on what we have already seen and talked about. And of course i know old half-life, it looks like the same people made it as well. Excellent, we can ellaborate on where it can go tomorrow, nice one. I think it can make a nice simple link between the outside and inside as well.

u can pick it up in shops for about 15quid, (re: 12quid on amazon) it's made by the same people who did half-life 2, if u knows Your computer games.. I don't have it afraid, just heard about it.

Thought it would be cool if lots of holes started popping up on the walls, ceiling, floor with different webcam perspectives!

Portals - Interesting

I think that idea/video youve posted is really interesting. It opens up a whole (get it..haha) new way of looking at the foyer. Conceptualy and also technically. This could also bring in idea between the outside and the inside of the building, simple but effective in thier relationship.

By the way, is portal game something anyone can actually have a go with? Im curious!

portal

found a video of that game i mentioned. It's a puzzle where you have a gun that opens up a portal + you have to think 3-dimensionally (e.g. walk through portal in floor and walk out in the ceiling)

Can be done with webcams+ projections?
Portals popping up on the white walls, looking at yourself sideways on the ceiling? Or seeing outside? etc. etc.

Minutes - 5/11/09 - Princess Street

So this is where we are, next week we are all bringing in content to put into the interface that steve has created. This means footage or stills. Also to start thinking and/or creating little images that we can use for a motion tracking, for example fish that move and swim away when someone walks over the projection etc... Lets start making some little examples and ideas of what simple content can be used here. Also thinking about images that can add depth and perspective into the space - Main point, stay simple but playful and spectacular!

To do's:
We should start thinking about dividing the group in specific areas of interest and use for the project, examples:
- Interface
- Space
- Content
- Research
- Funding
- Communication
- Technical/projectors/sensors

In no way does this limit anyones input in other areas, but it gives areas of focus and lets us know that somone is definely working on each part, so nothing is neglected. Start thinking!!

Sponsors Research, we need to look into funding from different areas. e.g.:
- Creative Lynx
- Council/Arts
- Panasonic/sony - any company that makes projectors.
- Please add to the list and notify us of any developments or inquiries you have made.

Keep thinking about the outside in the back of your minds and also remember we can project on the stairs, lifts, ceiling, floor anywhere. And also there is the idea of signage for the lift and stairs, what quirky interfaces or graphics can we produce!! Think think think and then share share share!!
Peace, love, create and stay in touch!

Princess Street

I like your ideas Sid. Thanks Matthew for writing up the discussion notes.

I was out getting my footage today so I revisited Princess Street with a view to the ideas we have been discussing for the long term / exterior project. It's aproximately 17 meters between the buildings on either side of Princess Street. I also tried to get an idea of the view from near the junction.

P.S. I've also been taking a look at the businesses housed at 52 Princess St. to get an idea of who passes through the foyer on a regular basis and the kind of clients they may have.. here are some links.

http://www.creativelynx.co.uk/
http://www.rpsgroup.com/Group/Overview.aspx
http://www.freeindex.co.uk/profile%28cerus-casino-academy%29_167231.htm