Final Project

For your final project you will work with one or two classmates as a team to create a kinetic text sculpture for site-specific installation using some combination of the textile, mechanical, and software systems we have been exploring. The work may be human-powered or autonomous, use traditional or ad hoc textile technique, and provide one or multiple means of interaction. But the key is that it will incorporate interaction, textile movement and physical expression, and inhabit an architectural space.

Installation Context

We will install our pieces for an opening show on Friday April 19 and then leave them installed for at least a week. One or more groups may use the HL A11 performance room, plus we have been offered various spots in the third floor study areas. Other spaces may possible subject to negotiation with the administration. Our aim is that the visual and kinetic composition of each fabric piece work in a dialogue with the location and normal activities of the public in that space.

Deadlines

There are several key deadlines for each group to observe.

Tue Apr 9	Project proposal due, including bill of materials and purchasing needs
Thu Apr 18	Technical demonstration
Fri Apr 19	Friday evening opening show
Tue Apr 23	Final project revisions
Thu Apr 25	Final in-class critique

Deliverables

Project proposal: each group should please post a brief Google Doc to the shared folder with the following:

• brief text description of project

• several sketches

• bill of materials documenting all materials and components

If you will need materials we do not have on hand, please provide specific purchasing links, quantity, and pricing, and we’ll review together.

Final report: TBD.