in progress...

I started having doubts if the physical format is really going to work for my concept, since I could not get the required feedback from children that I needed to support it.This resulted into lack of conclusion of my investigative project.I knew I could not base my whole FMP on an idea that I was not able to test.Thus, I started looking for new way to communicate the ideas that I have been exploring by going back to the stage of my initial research and making new connections between the findings.The re-discovery of my research content led me to the decision to try video format,as an alternative and more direct way of communication.I wanted to use the distorted typefaces and show the intricate patterns that the rotation of the kaleidoscopic lenses produced.This effect is quite stunning since it can practically transform even an everyday object into a visually intriguing piece.Being fascinated by this effect, I took short videos (40 sec.) of each (Arial) letter, viewed through three types of kaleidoscopic lenses.This provided me with a number of video files which I was not sure how to use.Then, after visiting the Science Museum once more I found a gripping work that resonated with the new direction into which I was heading. The lightening post http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2J86v9l5n0&feature=related .It basically portrays moving streams of real-time text samples from public chat rooms with sound.This piece of media art really made a huge impression on me, especially with the amount of research that is involved in it and the visual qualities of the final outcome. That's why I started to consider the video format as a possible medium which will allow me that directness.

Another method which came to my mind at that time was a bit unclear but involved a direct interaction and game-base design of my video files.Which meant, creating a quiz-type of diagnostic tool for people with learning and perceptual difficulties.This idea, in my opinion, was working better with my initial concept for this project but it faced me once again with the inability to test it in practice.

..... sample video files