Coordination - Field Operations Spring 2018

Coordination.

Field Operations Spring 2018

Erisa Nakamura 22 March, 2018 MS - Field Operations Kate Davies

Index

Study of Infra-ordinary...

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the Extraordinary Event...

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Animated Data Sets...

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the Exhibition...

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Study of the infra-ordinary

By taking a look at every day routines and analyzing what we don’t see/what we don’t notice, we found the infra-ordinary events in our lives.

Whether that may be studying something minuscule such as coffee grinds, or something invisible to the human eye such as cell phone radiation, there are multiple phenomena that happen on the daily that we do not see or notice.

notes of the infra-ordinary

These studies can be done by observation, technology, or inferences.

Observation is accurate to the eye of the observer, but hard to record.

Technology gives systematic data, but cannot embed humanly responses.

Inferences fill in the gaps when needed, but is not data derived.

observational study

These three studies combined create powerful records of the infra-ordinary.

particle movement

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description notes

visual data set

technological data - step count

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Inference on cell phone radiation

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abstraction by ‘embroidery’

the Extraordinary Event

The Banger Race at Essex Arena is an extra-ordinary event; the competitive energy coupled with the time sensitive nature of the race allowed for an extensive and interesting infra-ordinary study.

Essex Arena

lap time data

mapping out the numbers

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Animated Data Sets

The information gathered from the Banger Race was made into graphical notation to be visually consumed. This analysis was then processed into an animation to reintroduce time into the data set.

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Meet Ted Rowley...

“It’s the thrill of being in with a nice load of blokes, that’s the thrill for me, participating.”

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the Exhibition

The animation was curated into an exhibition to be viewed by the public. This requires thoughtful choice and placement of equipment.

Title: Coordination “It’s not like driving on the road, it’s completely different” Like an athlete or an artist, drivers need practice and technique to drive around the race track. Drivers also have an added pressure of timing and luck in order to pass the cars in front of them. It is the coordination of arm, leg, and quick thinking.

My animated drawings juxtapose the scientific study of the driving movement vs a sociological study of hand movements.

For its complex layers and detailing, the screens will be placed flat against a plain white wall.

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between 3.8-4m (diagram at maximum width)

1m

1m

597mm 10mm 335mm

The room should be artificially lit with no natural light. The lighting should be even throughout the room at a comfortably dim level.

between 6-7.2m (diagram at maximum length)

The area for the viewer to stand should be marked by lines on the floor. The viewer may go closer than the box marked, but the area is marked for the optimal viewing experience.

Exhibit Plan

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1.7m

Exhibit Elevation

The screens should be mounted onto the wall, but in restricting circumstances can be placed on a white shelf, as seen from previous photo. The screens should be placed eye level of an average person.

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