My Immediate Experience Project will center around a walk in Astor Place. From my original outline, my concept has changed entirely and now focuses on a futuristic female character from the upper class in an even more dense New York City. Through narration clips, on-location and possibly offsite videos, she will show the viewer around the Astor Place Square.
Augmented Reality Project
Project Objective
Create an Immediate (non-mediated) experience
What would happen if, on top of an immediate experience, you were to layer a mediated one that might refer to the past, the present or the future; the immediate vicinity or a distant location?
How do I want change the subject’s experience?
create feeling of being watched
make subject rush through walk
enhance subject’s awareness of surroundings
make subject interact differently with the location
alter subject’s perception of their experience
Location
Cooper Square and Astor Place Square
walk between E 6th and E 9th Streets on Cooper Square
Why?
I’m drawn to the area’s modern architecture the different feel the area has from the rest of New York. By using the nighttime lighting and the futuristic feel of the Cooper Union Square, I want to make the subject feel they’re in a different time.
Characteristics
Cooper Union’s New Academic Building
modern architecture could help create a futuristic feel for the walk
New Office Building at 9th St and 4th Ave
blue lighting and public benches on 3rd Ave and Astor Place St
770 Broadway Lobby
building lobby glows a warm yellow, contrasting the blue lights at Astor Place Sq
Plan
Establish Character/Guide:
narration audio
video of actor at site
Location Images:
video footage
surveillance camera-style footage
altered pictures of location with existing buildings and futuristic style buildings
Sound Effects
atmospheric noises (ambient sounds, suspenseful effect sounds, rain, thunder)
futuristic noises (vehicle sounds, beeps, whirrs, electronic beeping)