Wav by Francesco Fraioli & Nicola Plaisant
Aims
a.This installation is for everyday users of the vaporetto service in venice, and also for casual tourists.
b.It gives information about both vaporetto and people approaching to the stop.
c.It is in the vaporetto stop of Ca’ Rezzonico, and in the calle lunga San Barnaba from campo S.Barnaba to Ca’ Rezzonico.
Experience
a.In the vaporetto stop you’ll have a music that become louder with the approaching of the vaporetto. The behaviour of the people that have to take the ship modify the sound adding instruments to the music. If there’re people in time the music will be tuned, if they’re late the music will be disturbed.
In the calle you’ll have several small leds modules, that tells graphically the vaporetto approaching. If you’re in time, thanks to your ticket’s rfid tag, the nearest display will lights also a green led. If you are late, the led will be red.
b.The emotional tone is really informal, because the main purpose is to give a quality to the place and to the actions related to the vaporetto stop. We want to create an opportunity for the people to communicate each other.
Implementation
a.Inputs: vaporetto approach, people approach.
Outputs: music, graphic.
b.Real life installation: hardware>rfid tags, leds or oleds, computer, speakers, wi-fi or gps antennas for ship approaching. Software>processing-like program, computing distances and speeds.
c.Prototype: hardware> wiring boards for manage inputs and outputs, leds or projections, scale model for assembly a set. Software>processing (programming), max-jitter/pd (programming, implementation of graphic and sound), ableton live (music edit), flash (presentation).
WAV system
Unresolved Issues
a.Representing both directions of vaporetto n.1. b.Light feedback on leds modules: how big? Shape? Color? c.How protoype the model, how to give the real feeling?