up with this high cost of living.24 More often than not, the prices drive the population to shop further for cheaper prices, thus causing decreased income for shops and eventual foreclosure. Also, the number of educated middle-class jobs available in Venice is limited, since an inability to handle inflated real estate cost forced such companies as doctors’ offices, banks, and insurance companies out to the mainland. This detrimental cycle repeats itself over and over again; with stores closing down due to lack of customer support, and customers leave because there are not enough stores to sustain their everyday living.
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Methodology
This installation is going to require the creation of video as well as a means to project it onto a storefront. The video could be created by recording ourselves or other students acting out the part of employees and clientele in shops. (how are we recording the video?) Alternatively, we could record actual video of Venetian retailers working in their natural environment. In order to create silhouettes videos from the raw video we will using video editing software that comes on the Mac Mini we are purchasing. Because of the nature of displaying video outside, this installation would most likely need to be set up at night. The video is going to be projected onto screens that are placed in the windows of the designated shop. The motion sensor, which will detect the presence of people, is going to be constructed from a customized arduino board, which is then hooked up to an AAXA Pico 2 projector. The video can be read from the projectors internal memory, a memory stick, or some sort of external device such as a laptop or iPod. As for location, our selection may be limited to stores that allow us to use their windows to display the video (can we use abandoned stores) The stores will need to have windows that are adequately large enough to display a discernable sized video. There also needs to be enough space so that the projector can be placed at an acceptable distance, as well as angle.
2.10.2 Results This installation addresses the sense of sight and is a very interesting illusion. Firstly the components for storefronts are the pico 2 projector, a tall white canvas, and one light. The pico projector would be left outside at night, and will turn on using a Pyroelectric Infrared (PIR) motion sensor. Therefore, the projector will only turn on when someone passes by the motion sensor.
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