Recording Time

Within 24 hours, I recorded time by how many drinks I drank throughout the day. I arranged them by orded of which i drank them. I thought it was interesting because i never realized how much I actually drank within a day.

atomata? Time

For this project i worked with the idea of a zen garden. A hand crank makes you work for the serenity.

My Automata

I decided to focus on motion with my automata. I wanted to make something that was very fun and easy to use. In addition I wanted the motion to sort of mesmerize you.
the circles are off set in such a way that a wave is created in the fabric on top. one problem I ran into was there being too much friction between the circles and the pistons. I decided to apply tape where I needed it and this solved my problems. To farther people making these out of card board... don't use gears. make them simple and good.

Tracking Time Without a Clock

In this assignment, we had to figure out a way to record a passage of approximately 22 hours without using any type of traditional clock. So, I recored time by using the people I talked to most throughout the day. To do this, I had people I spoke to stamp their fingerprint on a sheet of paper, and then I'd write their name on their print. For each period of "talking time" with them, i would trace their fingerprint with a pen. At the end of the day, I had about 20 fingerprints, with as many as six rings around one. This recorded the time I spent talking to these people throughout the day in a way much like how a tree has rings to show its age.

personal record of time

Personal Record of Time

For this assignment, I decided to record everything I ate over the course of a 24-hour period of time through the use of photos. However, I didn't simply just take a photo of everything I consumed; in some photos I tried to convey what time it was using natural light. In others I wanted to show the setting in which the food was eaten. Trying to convey these ideas worked well for some images and not for others.

Cardboard Automata

My automata is based off Buddhist meditation.I have Buddha in the center that rises and falls while the surrounding clouds move forward and backwards.