{"id":1853,"date":"2021-10-10T12:48:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T16:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-375\/f2021\/work\/?p=1853"},"modified":"2021-10-13T10:42:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T14:42:28","slug":"moving-around-by-ebrahim-karam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-375\/f2021\/work\/2021\/10\/10\/moving-around-by-ebrahim-karam\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving Around by Ebrahim Karam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Why?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3>What is the artisitic Inquiry?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving Pictures and Animation date back to 1908. There have been tremendous efforts and commitment to bring life into inanimate objects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There seems to be an intrinsic need to give purpose and life to inanimate objects. We start at a bunch of oil paints on a canvas and we open ourselves to a brand new world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Animations have been tied to a 2d plane but that restriction can be removed with a device called a Zeotrope.  Zeotropes go back to the 19th century but the way they have been reimagined is extradoarnary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pixar&#039;s Zoetrope\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5khDGKGv088?list=PLgK8ktcGDGs9gxPKQzfOS4PGH3UjdzO-9\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Pixar&#8217;s Zeotrope that was inspired by Studio Ghibli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3>Movement in the basic things around us<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This doesn&#8217;t have to be tied to various sculptures with just slight modifications. It can be seen in the world around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Edmark at Stanford has discovered mesmerizing ways that a simple pine cone or flower can come to life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blooming Flowers Timelapse\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pZVdQLn_E5w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>The opening of Flowers <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>John Edmark has done a wonderful realization that the pattern is self-repeating and with the proper sculptures it can be just mesmerizing to look at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BLOOMS Strobe Animated Sculptures Invented by John Edmark experimental figure\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YCzS_N95sVY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Various 3D printed Blooms. Objects that put you in a trance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The above is just mystifying to watch and for me, it puts me in a trance and gives me a sense of tranquility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>The Basic Human Need<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Giving life to inanimate objects. (Being Creators)<\/li><li>To Feel Wonder and be mystefied. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>You don&#8217;t really want to work it out. You want to be fooled.<\/p><cite><strong>Alfred Borden<\/strong> from the Prestige<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2>The How?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3>The main Plan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Is to have four sculptures each going through outward growth and inward growth. There would be a strobe light that shows the piece. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every now and then the strobe light would turn off and each of the pieces would spin in the other direction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Rough Plan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea is to have 4 servo motors with a bloom sculpture on top of each.  There would be two strobe lights a  black backdrop behind it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can have a Controller of the light that will allow everything to go dark and come back on. During those &#8220;blackout stages,&#8221; the spins are reversed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-375\/f2021\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-of-Box-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-375\/f2021\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-of-Box-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-375\/f2021\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-of-Box-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-375\/f2021\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-of-Box-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-375\/f2021\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-of-Box-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-375\/f2021\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-of-Box-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-375\/f2021\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-of-Box-973x730.jpg 973w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/16-375\/f2021\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Image-of-Box-508x381.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A rough sketch of how the setup might be<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3>The Material Needed<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>4 Servo motors<\/li><li>4 Bloom Structures<ul><li>It could be a pine Cone from the back yard<\/li><li>Some Scultures onlines<\/li><li>We can creat our own bloom through this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instructables.com\/Blooming-Zoetrope-Sculptures\/\">link<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Arduino To control the Servo Motors<\/li><li>A black backDrop to have a uniform Canvas<\/li><li>Strobe lights to let the image linger on the eye<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Other References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.triblive.com\/news\/innovative-artist-gregory-barsamian-on-display-at-wood-street-galleries\/\">https:\/\/archive.triblive.com\/news\/innovative-artist-gregory-barsamian-on-display-at-wood-street-galleries\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gregory Barsamian <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why? 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