Following my creative display #2 presentation, I received a lot of peer feedback; some praise, some constructive criticism, some recommendations, a little bit of everything. Here are some questions (bolded) that people wanted me to clarify, with the answers indented below the questions:
- How will the Heat map be made?
- I will make a 3D printed model of campus, and draw a red line for every pedestrian path, a blue line for every bike path, and a green line for every car path that is present in my time lapse.
- What sort of comment are you making with this data/What is your social issue?
- I am looking at convenience, and trying to show how traffic flow patterns affect people’s routes and walking-times to their destinations on campus.
- How large is the area I’m studying?
- I am looking at the busy intersection of University St. and E 15th Ave.
- How does it relate to your artist?
- My project is based around Daniel Miller, who looks at how systems and ecologies function on Earth. I was inspired by his piece titled “Contained,” which features a model of Chicago, fully equipped with seemingly natural elements such as a sun, a moon, and fog. I am trying to model my final creative display after this piece of his.
- How are you counting the people?
- I am only counting the pedestrians, bikes, and cars that are visible in my time lapse.
In my final blog page, I will address these questions and their answers more directly, so there is less confusion. Now, here are some aspects of my project that people liked:
- My title, “DuckSpotting: Tracking Tracktown’s flow of students”
- How I incorporated three different aspects into a new project, making it my own
- My presentation and ideas were explained clearly
- I am putting a new perspective on the seemingly boring paths that people take to get where they want to go
- The subjects I’m incorporating into my project are relevant to my audience, since they’re all University of Oregon students
Some recommendations people had (bolded), with my responses to them indented:
- Start 3D printing ASAP
- I am!
- Add layers to my heat map
- I am adding different layers by making pedestrian, bike, and car paths different colors
- Consider trying to answer another question in order to show the relationship between multiple heat maps
- Similar to the last recommendation, the different colored paths will show the breakdown of people’s means of getting around
- Go hard on this project this weekend!
- DUH! #NoDaysOff #IDontGetTired
- Add LED’s to the project so people can turn them on and off, making it more interactive
- Great Idea, going to try and make that happen!
- Add layers to my heat map
- I am adding different layers by making pedestrian, bike, and car paths different colors
It was nice to hear a last round of improvements that I could add to my project, because I truly believe they will make it that much better. The only risk of my project not being completed is time and time-management. I have to be productive and efficient with my time if I want to be proud of my final product. I can’t believe this term is almost over and my project is being finalized, I’m so excited to present next week!