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T H I S P R E S E N TAT I O N I S B R O K E N D O W NI N T O T W O S E C T I O N S :

Exhibition DocumentationCut Items & Lessons LearnedFinal Deliverables

Concept ResearchPrep-Finish

SELFIESPACE

FINISHEDSPACE

An installation space thatfunctions as a “photobooth”

for taking selfies.

My Thesis Project is called

SELFIE SPACE

SELFIE SPACE

A place to teach audiencemembers thesignificance of

the Selfie format

RESEARCH?What data shows that selfies are the primary self documentation

format of our time period, how doesit apply to painting a picture of self-image and social culture?

The average individual in our general age category willgenerate 25,000 selfies in the span of their lifetime.

93 MILLIONSELFIES TAKEN

PER DAY

Over 1.3 Billion Smartphones sold in the last full sales year with a projected exponential increase factor of 23%

Users develop robust networksbased on the content they providethat fits into larger user networkpopularized categories

#popular #hashtags directly represent user trends

FINDINGSSelfies are a content type that is both open in generation, as well as

archived by the digital nature of their existence. Contributors to the format are incentivized to generate images that represent them in a way that

weighs the potential social currency rewarded for a successful selfie depiction.

THATS NICE, BUT WHATS IT MEAN 4 REAL PPL, OMAR?

DATA IS NOT ALIVEDATA DOESN’T LIE

A small publication featuring photos of people taking

photos of themselves Pass around + Flip through

ITS TIME 4 A CASE STUDY ON MY FRIENDS

TIME 2 TAKE PICS

EXPLAIN YOUR

SELFIE

A closer look at the contemporaryfocus on the Selfie Photo Format

Selfies rely on setting to generate narrative, props within the background tell as much aboutthe story as the subject framed.

Taking a risk in taking a selfie at the request of a prompt is more likely with a reward.

WHAT I FOUND OUT FROM TAKING PICS

HOW DO I?Encourage audience to replicate process of selfie format

whilst pointing out the importance of user inputand selection in composing, taking, & posting a selfie,

while rewarding the risk taken for interaction.

LENS

Wall Decals encourage users to usetheir own phones in order to take selfies

In addition wall text/illustration that describesthe conceptual significance of pieces & howto properly go about interacting with them

Wall Decals

TO SHOWCASEYOUR FACE!

PLEASE USETHIS PLACE

Vinyl Cut Path Selection

FILTER

Projectors shine video of motion patterns and overlay e�ects generated in After E�ects and Cinema

4D, overtop both the mirrors and the backdrop.In addition they will display varying prompts.

Projectors Filter selection Screencap & Prompt selection

Find a friendyou care about& snap a quick pic with em’

Photobomb a poor unsuspecting

selfie-ing soul

MIRROR

oscillating rotatingled lighting

18”

3 Di�ering mirror types cut out of di�erent types of mirroredacrylic, held in resin casted frames are arranged on a wall

so that the audience phone camera will capture the imagesreflected by the di�ering mirror objects. Mirrors can be

interacted with using switches.

Mirrors

44”

BACKDROP A quarter Epson 44” Matte Roll will be used to generate a 25’ scrolling backdrop with transitioning patterns and colors.

Similarly to the mirrors, interaction occurs via a switch driving servo motors through an Arduino.

scrolling

Backdrop Selection

Design Interests

Passionate Hates

External Interests

Display of SkillsDo I have those?

What?

What?

What?

Ya, boy

Installation

The one cleancorner in your houseyou use to take selfies

DigitalSocial CultureMirrored AcrylicBeing vain & takingpics of my face

Participation

Moldmaking, Digital Fabrication,Vector Illustration, Planning InteractionWhat are they?

Process

WHAT DO4 THESISHelp

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SOS

Wall of 6 Mirrors & acompanying vinyl/acrylic wall decals. Mirrors were

hung at heights that would facilitatePets to Children to Adults

FINISHEDSPACE

Backdrop displayed rolled in both possible directions. To left vinyl/acrylicdecals on the backdrop wall

To Right mirror reflection close upsBelow Gallery Display Label

I was unable to fulfill my designs for the twokinetic mirrors as well as get my projection runningon a timer/with a projector setup in the timeframe

My planning stage was very open to fostering my big ideas, while I was able to pull through in many solid places despite needing to cut mirrors that initially were meant to be moving elements; itsclear to me now that a lot of my prototyping ofcomplex designs was time that I could have usedin producing final items that were simple with theopportuinity to be made more complex rather thanoverdesigning and then simplifying

Witnessing the interaction my space harbored was the most fulfilling portion of this exhibition.actually being able to witness the flow of my space,if people could interact with the backdrop with the information I gave, and finally if they chose to participate in taking a Selfie Space selfie was exactly the experience I needed to grow in how Iplan and execute on Installation spaces.

Projectors

oscillating

rotating

CUT CONTENT

LESSONS LEARNED