Top Experience Prize- Magic Sustenance

The experience everyone liked the most was the magic sustenance, where people could plant seeds into a huge patch of soil and fruits and vegetables would come up to the surface immediately.

 

Reasons for liking the magic sustenance:

-         Free Fruit

-         The idea of getting something from nothing was interesting to the audience.

-         Also, the fact that the coming up of the fruit and vegetables was so unexpected made it exciting and fun.

 

Improvements that could be made to it:

-         The experience could be more clear in terms of what it was about.

-         It would be better if there were less root vegetables and more fruits.

-         The experience could have had a better Extension; there was a place where people could eat the fruit but it was very messy and hidden. Maybe the eating area could have been a bit larger and less messier perhaps.

Staredown Website Archive

Hey Class,

The following is a link to a zipped archive file of the Staredown website. In order to view it, extract the files using any unzipping program (MacOS users can use Stuffit Expander which is free and can be downloaded here) and open the "index.html" file in any internet browser.

http://www.dare2stare.com/staredown_web_archive.zip

Have a great summer everyone!

Brad

PS. If you wish to have a copy of this archive, make sure you download it before 1 year from now as the domain will be deleted.

Exercise ten - Katie Goulet

I didn't really get a chance to look around so here are my observations for our project:

Attraction:

See: 2 chairs set up, crowd of people, sign up table

Hear: host and recruiter

Touch: game cards when you arrive, cookies if you win

Emotional state: curious, excited

Entry:

See: score cards on table

Hear: recruiter for games

Touch: name on cards

Emotional state: excitement

Engagement:

See: a person across from you, busling crowd around you, 

Hear: crowd commenting, camera people commenting, announcer counting down

Touch: clasped hands in anticipation

Emotional State: nervous, excited

Exit:

See: the broadcast of the stares in the other hall

Hear: unchanged, still the crowd and announcer, recruiter

Taste: cookies and candy if you win

Emotional State: happy, relieved if you win, bummed if you didn't

Extension:

receive email about participating

visit site, look at documentation

Ethnographic observations:

the game worked well and the cameras projected successfully

our  location was a little obstructed by the posts

people who are waiting to play become a little jumbled and impatient

those playing are really intense!

there is a lot of interest in what is going on

people attempt to distract the players

there is a table where people sign up, with cards and markers, as well as the prizes

Excercise 10-Cathy Lai

Exercise 10 - Joshua Frechette

Sorry, but my computer at home couldn't download the pages as a template, so....
Attraction Stage

• See;Banner, Scoreboard, Chairs, Cameras
• Hear; Host speaking
• Touch;gamer cards that are passed out in the lobby
  
• Emotional state;Intrigue, nostalgia,curiosity

Entry stage

• See;Gamer cards
• Hear; The host explaining the rules
  
• Touch;Filling out gamer cards
• Emotional state;Nervousness

Engagement stage

• See; Staring, crowd looking on,
  
• Hear;camerapeople counting down, crowd cheering on
  
• Emotional State;Competitiveness, Focus
  

Exit stage

• Stares being projected on wall
• Taste;Cookies
• Emotional state;Accomplishment or Failure

Extension stage

• See;Website, including gamer cards and documentation
  
• Emotional state;Amusement

Ethnographic field observations.

• Participants were mostly students from a variety of years, however several participants were from an older demographic
• The "Staredown" banner is partly obstructed by two pillars
• There is a table with Sharpie pens,paper cards and cookies
• There are two chairs and two camera facing each other, behind the table
• The game's rules and game cards are explained by the host
• After filling the cards with name and email info, participants await their turn
  
• Each match lasts three rounds (best 2 out of 3)
• The winner has their win marked on their card and posted on the scoreboard
• The participants are told they can return as often as they want and play again
• The winner gets a cookie
• they are also told that their stares are being projected on the walls in the hallway
  

Budget & Return of Funds

Hey Class,

I will be returning the remaining balance of funds to everyone tomorrow and reimbursing those who made purchases for the event. Unfortunately, if you have not provided me with a receipt or at least informed me of the amount you purchased an item for, you will not be receiving a reimbursement for your purchase. We collected $380 for and spent $153.43 on this project, therefore each person will be receiving a minimum of $11.92 back depending on whether you made any purchases.

To view a PDF of the project budget click the link below. The password to access the file is "staredown".

http://files.me.com/bradleycrystal/lwpsdp

See you all in the morning,
Brad

Exercise 10 - Stephen James Legomski

Exercise 10 - Lindsay

Excercise Ten- Nicole

Event PHOTOS

Photos can be viewed at this link. Sorry about the delay. I had some computer issues.

http://gallery.me.com/bradleycrystal#100095

Exercise 10 - Bradley Crystal

Exercise 10- Desiree Beaubien

Sorry, my scanner is not working

Experience Title: Predator vs. Pray

Attraction:
see: Big Booth
hear: Encouragment
touch: take pin

Entry:
see: fighting animals on screen
hear: lion king

Engagement:
see: container of pins
hear: lino king
touch: take pin

Exit:
hear- lion king
touch- your pin

Extension:
see- others with pins

Experience Title: We Art Toronto

Attraction:
see- tables, paint, totem poles
touch: paint

Entry:
hear- people call you over
tough- canvas blocks

Engagement:
see- canvas and paintings
hear- instructions
touch- paint brushes, etc.

Exit:
put piece on totem pole
hear- cheering

Extention:
see: towers


Experience Title: Happy box

Attraction:
see: enter sign
hear- count down- very loud

Entry:
see- dark room
hear- countdown

Engagement:
see- lots of slots with eyes
hear- banging

Exit:
see- lots of eyes, cupcake
taste- cupcake

Extension:
see: survey
hear: person asking you questions about experience

Exercise ten--- Charles

Experience Title: Alice in Wonderland

Observation: Big screen playing Alice wonderland scene, however it is not very clear to identify and with no sound.
People playing “croquet”
A group of people dressed up sitting in the back beside the big screen.
There is the entrance at the right of screen directing to the back of screen.
Since the entrance pointing towards the dark, it is not so inviting people to join.

Experience Title: Virtual haircut
Observation: Saloon like with people waiting in sofa and chatting.
Appointment desk with a waitress making the schedule (no appointment desk in the beginning)
No welcoming people and hard to find the right person to make appointment.
Chaotic feeling, hard to tell who is hosting the event and who is guest.
Easy to see “dark room”:
With attendant’s picture on the computer screen. People doing “analysis”. It adds curious with nervous about this event at the same time.

Experience Title: Jukeworld

Observation: After an attendant throw a ball inside of “the machine”, Screen blinking with different single symbols showing up randomly. After the one symbol is chosen, dressed up people coming out from the back of “machine”, then they interacting with attendant according to the theme of symbol.
Different symbol will trigger different event.
I thought what event going to come up is totally random. However, it depends on the ball attendant thrown into. So the blinking screen is actually “fake”. It is a very interesting experience to watch because different attendant would react differently to the same event. Some of them are shy while some of them are really good at interacting with actors/actress.

Exercise Ten - Sarah Sien

Exercise Ten - Sarah

Experience 1 - Magic Substenance


Experience 2 - Crikey

































Experience 3 - We Art Toronto

Website Uploading

Hey this message is for Brad, or anyone else who might know

The documentation team just wanted to review how to post to the blog, Alicia thinks she has a good idea but we are a little confused by one thing. If you could just run it over again in a message that would be great! Thank you so much,

Documentation 

We did it !

Hey Everyone! Great job today! I think things went well and the crowds like us. So to tie up any loose ends, I will be sending out a mass email to everyone who participated (anyone who left their email on the play-cards) saying thanks, giving the link to the website and announcing our winner of the entire contest. 

Comment here if there is anything else! Have great weekend and see you all on Monday!

A Link for Activate!

http://spacing.ca/wire/2009/04/02/event-guide-activate/

http://torontoist.com/2009/04/urban_planner_april_3_2009.php

Brad!!

Hi Brad...I didn't see you on that day...are you going to school early tomorrow so i can give you the money before class? thanks

Chocolate Chip Cookies

So i was trying to figure ways to make super cool eye ball cookies BUT it would be extremely pricey so, Chocolate chip it is...maybe with some eye balls on them...who knows?  A cookie is a cookie right? Damn skippy it is.

RCA Cable

Hey it's justine, I got a 100 RCA cable today, it ending up being 22 and change. Brad, I have the bill, and also the ones for the cookies. It will be under 40 bucks me thinks. Anywho, see you all there Friday, logistics will be there at 11 if anything is needed :)

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