Initial Proposal

Today we had our initial proposal for "Lite-Brite".

Our ORIGINAL concept:

* Button holders and non-botton holders will be given a cellophane circle and they can place the circle over a hole in the "Lite Brite" board where ever they please.

* Depending on where people have been, will determine the colour of cellophane

* If they do not have a button that will also be a determining factor of the colour of cellophane that they are given.

* There will be 1200 holes in the board that will be 6' high by 10' long.

* The cellophane will have a black bristle board border around it and there will be pieces of velcro on the border.

* On the board around each hole there will be velcro.

* Flood lights will be behind the board to create the "Lite Brite" effect.

* The art is a collective piece that button holders and non-button holders will be a part of.

* The idea is to have a community art piece at the end where people were a part of, as well as having a data visualization of where people have been, who had buttons and how many people ended up coming to our spot.

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After today's discussion we came up with a more REFINED idea:

* Lite-Brite board will be made of vinyl lattice, approximately 8ft tall by 12ft wide

* Back-lit by fluorescent lights, reflected off tin-foil for maximum brightness

* Coloured cellophane will be placed on the Lite-Brite board, colours corresponding to the colours on the participant's button

* Coloured cellophane will be placed in a linear fashion, left to right, top to bottom, creating a "map" or data visualization of how people arrived
(e.g.) the first few rows may have the same colour if people arriving to the piece do not have a button, as time goes on, more colours will appear because hopefully people with buttons will arrive at the piece

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Materials:

-Vinyl Lattice (4 x 8)
-Cellophane
-Tin foil
-Fluorescent lights (6 approximately)
-2x4 planks of wood as a support frame
-4 pieces 8ft tall
-4 pieces 12ft tall
-4 pieces 1ft tall
-Tape (for sticking the cellophane)

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Possible Problems:

What happens when the board gets filled?
-participants can take cellophane off
-we can clear the board

I drew a diagram for an idea of how we can construct this piece (click for larger image):

We have less than a week to construct this for our second presentation. We have seemed to troubleshoot a lot of our problems already, so hopefully the rest goes smoothly!