Using open-ended play with sound to spark imagination & develop creativity. Encourage explore and experiment process than the final outcome and result. Using cues for physical action input and sound output. Linkage between the sound, action and form. Using simple form of circle, rectangle, triangle represent objects.Nature sound is chosen for this project to define scope and scale of this project. Using a set of theme to generate a picture for the player to imagine different scenario of the set theme. Each pieces represent different sound/ sound effect. To make the module, it needs to start from the main unit than expand the connections of the board.Initial play by visual cues for interaction then experiment with different input and combination to create sound and rhythm. Testing with different interaction with the modular boards and create different rhythm.
“Aesthetic” is an abstract word seems can be understood by visual or other senses. With the culture of Hong Kong, “Aesthetic” seems only to have a connection with art and design, this word is hard to realize by the people who without the fundamental knowledge of art and design, they believe there are distant with “Aesthetic”. In fact, aesthetic is a sensation of human, we can use aesthetic by any sensory organs, even emotion. This is a kind of unique sensation stimulation in our daily life, and the pleasure is the proof of aesthetic that exists in our life.
In order to investigate how people generate aesthetic in life, this project invited a group of interviewees to do the daily aesthetic test. After the test and literature review, there are three insights were found: nature, memories and stimulation, moreover, the main inspiration of aesthetic comes from daily life.