Paragraph, work in progress

    To acquire or deserve as a result of effort or action is to earn. This piece questions what I value. Light and its ubiquitous state has adopted a misconception of being given. I allow the viewer to disperse this luxury that I remove from my own control. The neons illuminate a warm gold glow as symbolism of its worth. The motion of the opening works as an extension of how much is earned. The cardboard box suggests solitude and vulnerability through its crushed facade and compromised structure.

Psuedo attempt and sketches for Final

Photocell; when the analog input sensor detects the value of light

Neons in parallel; the digital output turns on when the photocell reads darkness according on the closeness of the viewer

Motor; the motor turns on and reacts with one of its 3 functions when the photocell reads the light value

void loop

the value of the photocell reads and stores the values of light pre-determined through set values from serial print readings for each of the 3 functions of the sunroof and on and off for the neons.

if (the value of the light is slightly dimmer than its brightest value then the first function of the sunroof turns on)

if (the value of the light is slightly dimmer than the above value then the second function of the sunroof begins and the first sunroof function ends)

if (the value of the light is at its dimmest value that has been pre determined than the third function of the sunroof begins and the second sunroof function ends and the neons turn on until light reaches is detected enough to reverse as the viewer walks away)

psuedo

Psuedo Code


When the viewer sits down on the chair the photocell detects the absence of light and turns the led’s on and the speaker on. When the viewer stands up and walks away the photocell detects light turning the components off.

Fritzing minus the 12v power supplies and 12v components due to lack of icons

Video of speaker and led's triggered from a photocell

The photocell coming from the underside of the seat to sense when somebody sits down

 The circuit/ rats nest, too afraid to clean it up and risk shorting it before the crit

 When the photocell senses no light or when somebody sits on the seat the 12v LEDs turn on

 The second output, the speaker works off of the same values of the input to trigger the movement and a great malfunctioning sound from the speaker(found object), at the same time the leds turn on.