Arduino’s, sweat & tears
This project was made for the minor ‘off screen’ during my BA Graphic Design, Academy of Art and Design St. Joost, The Netherlands. Like the name suggests, the minor was about creating something interactive that could be an installation, or some other kind of spatial creation.
This was quite a big thing for me because was a total loser with everything electronic at the time ( couldn’t even change a light bulb ).
This project was very process-based and was all about learning and discovering in that process, this lead to an unexpected poetic end-product.
The process included circuit bending, learning processing, soldering and everything Arduino. For the whole 11-step process story and films of the process please visit www.femmykloos.com/portable-nature!
In my research I was very interested in Next Nature ( www.nextnature.net )
I really wanted to do something with that topic. So I came up with Portable Nature.
WHAT?
A briefcase with leafs and moss inside, like the ground of any random forest.
A FSR underneath that connects with a wave shield.
Speakers that play sound from the .wav file on the SD card in the wave shield.
Wave shield is of course connected to Arduino, and a 9v battery.
HOW?
The briefcase is opened on the floor.
The person takes off shoes and/or socks for optimal nature experience.
The person steps on the moss.
This will trigger the FSR, sending a signal to the wave shield and
lovely nature sounds will start emerging from the briefcase.
WHY?!
People these days have lost connection with nature, we don’t make time for it anymore.
All green disappears in our cities, we don’t appreciate it, destroy it even.
But now, you can have your own little piece of nature, always close to you!
So take down those forests and build on those skyscrapers, who needs trees anymore?
Let our soda cans pile up in our seas and our highways crash through our woods, we have Portable Nature!
At work, in the train, at home!
Portable Nature
Whenever, wherever.
How it works
( sound on! )