Artist Impression

Poster

Artist Statement

We all get frustrated from time to time and it is perfectly normal. You feel frustrated when everything seems to be going wrong or is not what you expected and there seems very little you can do about it. We all have ups and downs to life. How do you deal with the downs? Do you numb yourself and avoid them?

Mywall is an interactive installation where users are able to interact with the wall projection by using the infrared marker pen to draw and write on the wall. The projection wall will create graffiti as background behind after the audience done their drawing or writing. The art of graffiti does not necessarily mean that you can create only urban and funky design on the projection wall, you can just draw or write anything to express your frustration through the medium of graffiti conversations. Graffiti is the act of inscribing or drawing on walls for the purpose of communicating a message to the general public. To avoid vandalism, this is why I would like to create an interactive wall.

This installation is aimed to allow audience to vent out their frustrations, sadness, and anger that arise as a normal part of growing and a healthy life, to express your frustration through graffiti but does not cause any crime.

Technical part (new)

I plan to use Wii Remote to for this installation.

This is my diagram design for my installation.

The projector is to connect the computer.
The projector will be place at the highest place, to avoid the shadow blocking the screen.
By pointing a wiimote at a projection screen, the spray can can interactive with the projection on the wall.

Replace the ink stick with little light buld

The Wiimote can track sources of infrared (IR) light,so I will try to put the infrared light (IR) inside of the market pen, so the Wii mote can track marker pen that have an IR led inside the can.

This video will show how to create an infrared pen.

Floor Plan (new)

story board (new)

1. The projection will randomly showing the wall texture on the white board.

2. The audience can express their feeling by draw or write on the white board by using the infrared marker pen

3. After the audience done with their drawing or writing, the background will fade in the graffiti, like growing effect.

4. The example, a student frustrated with his assignment.

There are various type of wall texture for the background.

Idea & Content Development1 (new)

Mind map for Frustrations

The meaning of Frustrated means having a feeling of or filled with frustration, dissatisfied.

Everyone is frustrated by different things - task or people focused, large-scale or small.

You can solve some of the little frustrations start by letting people know your problem. 

For my installation, I am thinking to create a interactive wall, let people vent out their feeling toward the wall by writing or drawing.

This is another "solution"to vent out the frustrations, sadness, and anger that arise as a normal part of growing and a healthy life : express your anger through graffiti.

Research- Frustration 2 (new)

I did a survey with 20 MMU students.
I gave them a piece of A4 paper and a black marker pen, then I asked them to draw or write on the paper based on my question.

My question: What are you frustrated about right now? 

My survey results:

Koi Weng, FOE

He is frustrated about what to gift to his girlfriend as valentine's present.

Joshua, FOE

'My friends always said that I looks like a nerd!'

Chi Kuan, FIT

He is frustrated with his curly hair

Shier Juan, FCM

She is frustrated about the hot weather

CK, FIT

'I'm frustrated because I'm single'

Regina, FCM

'I'm frustrated with my Final Year Project!'

Li Lian, FOM

He is frustrated with his old fashioned cell phone

John Yeo, FOM

'I'm frustrated because I always late to class and my attendance are low

Daru Sim, FCM

'I'm frustrated with my my lecturer!'

Zon, FOM

'I'm so frustrated because of my girlfriend spend my money!'

Sheon, FCM

'I'm so frustrated! FML!'

Ken, FCM

'I'm so frustrated because I spend money like water!'

Pei Pei, FOM

'I'm frustrated of my laziness!'

YY, FCM

'I'm frustrated with my weight!'

Kahin, FOM

He is frustrated with his love.

Ayish, FCM

'I'm always frustrated with money!'

Michelle Leong, FCM

She is frustrated with her body issues.

Ehui, FCM

She is frustrated with Streamyx.

Gannesh, FIT

'I'm frustrated with MMU foods, taste like shit!'

Keong, FIT

'I'm frustrated with the fees!'

Research- Frustration (new)

Feeling frustrated?

We all get frustrated from time to time and it is perfectly normal. Hurting your head can cause the worst kind of frustration. You can’t do the things you want to do, when you want to do them. Your progress towards getting better can seem so slow and you often can’t do things you used to do.
You feel frustrated when everything seems to be going wrong or is not what you expected and there seems very little you can do about it.

Feeling frustrated can make you feel like life is getting on top of you. And there is nothing you can do about it. Feeling frustrated can make you:
-Feel stressed
-Panic
-Feel out of control.
These are terrible feelings. We can usually cope with one at a time, but when you feel frustrated you feel all of them at once and this can be really frightening.
What to do when you feel frustrated?

A big problem with feeling frustrated is that you can put yourself under pressure to come up with all the answers. Sometimes our problems can be really big and we need help from other people too.

It can also be frustrating that we can’t solve all of our problems ourselves. We all want to be independent and when we have to get other people involved all the time we can really get upset.

First things first, think about:

1. Why do you feel frustrated? Is there something in particular which is making you feel cross or is it lots of things? Maybe ask your a friend or parent to write them down.

2. Look at each problem one at a time It is easy to feel frustrated when we have lot of things getting on top of us all at the same time. Look at your problems one at a time.

3. Which problems are causing you the most upset? it’s a good idea to look at your problems and think about which one is upsetting you the most. This will help you to prioritise, which means looking to see which problem needs sorting out first.

4. Is there anything you can do? Have a good think, are these problems easily solved by something you can do or do they need other people to help you?

5. Can I fix my problems quickly? Some problems can be really easy to solve. If you have lots of little problems they can all get on top of you and leave you feeling quite frustrated. If they are little problems, what can you do to sort them out?

6. Is there anyone I know who can help me with my problems? When we think about it, there is usually someone else who can help with our problems. A problem shared is a problem solved. Think about who you know. Will anyone be able to help you with anything?

It’s hard to solve any problem when you are so busy worrying about them, worrying can use a lot of energy. Problems that you used to have may seem bigger since you’ve hurt your head. You will spend sometime adjusting to all sorts of things in life and one of those things is learning to cope with frustration when your problems are getting on top of you.


 Perhaps you're feeling trapped; perhaps you're so angry that you no longer wish to speak to anyone, not even your closest friends; perhaps you're feeling so sad and upset that you're having a hard time leaving yourself alone; or, maybe you're somewhere in between. Regardless of how you're feeling, though, it is absolutely essential to learn how to express your emotions in a productive manner. Everyone knows that it's unhealthy (and rather stressful) to keep your feelings on the inside, as people who do often end up in a bad way. Once you learn how to properly vent these emotions, you'll be able to communicate with others - as well as yourself - much better. It's not always easy to express your feelings, but it's rewarding when you do.

The Chosen Proposal (new)

Title:
MyWall

Topic:

Frustrated

Background:
We all get frustrated from time to time and it is perfectly normal. Hurting your head can cause the worst kind of frustration. You can’t do the things you want to do, when you want to do them. Your progress towards getting better can seem so slow and you often can’t do things you used to do.
You feel frustrated when everything seems to be going wrong or is not what you expected and there seems very little you can do about it.

Feeling frustrated can make you feel like life is getting on top of you. And there is nothing you can do about it. Feeling frustrated can make you:
-Feel stressed
-Panic
-Feel out of control.

These are terrible feelings. We can usually cope with one at a time, but when you feel frustrated you feel all of them at once and this can be really frightening.

Aim&Objective:
- to express your frustration through graffiti but does not cause any crime

- To reduce and prevent Vandalism and protect environment

Target Audience:
-MMU students

Motivation:

We all have ups and downs to life. How do you deal with the downs? Do you numb yourself and avoid them?

This is another "solution"to vent out the frustrations, sadness, and anger that arise as a normal part of growing and a healthy life : express your anger through graffiti.

The art of graffiti does not necessarily mean that you can create only urban and funky design through walls, you can just draw or write anything to express your frustration through the medium of graffiti conversations.

Graffiti is the act of inscribing or drawing on walls for the purpose of communicating a message to the general public. To avoid vandalism, this is why I am going to create an interactive wall. 

Ideation&Concept:

Basically the Interactive wall will generates graphics after the audience done their graphic on the wall.

References and example: 

content development (new)

Okay~ based on the comment on the passed critique, I should change my installation. It's impossible to change my topic because now already week 10, so I decided to change my installation.

Overall, my topic is still the same, to prevent vandalism of graffiti.
And now I got an new idea for my installation, I'm going to create an interactive wall projection.

References


-It is an interactive wall projection, once you pass by the wall, the graphic will growing by detect your movement.
-Beside that, there will be some awareness about graffiti vandalism pop up randomly on the wall.

For example