Author Archives: Namreta

Transposable by Veronica Black and Namreta Kumar

Transposable is a prototype of our modular projector. This is our attempt to create a personal projector for multiple media outlets. We are driven by the idea of reflecting and refracting light under various conditions. Through researching light refraction, reflective and reflexive materials we explored simple mechanics and were able to  reproduce a light sourced image. With our do-it-yourself style of testing we have created the first prototype for an easy to construct flexibly designed projector.

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MidTerm Cont’d Research: Strangers^3

It is only rarely that a psychoanalyst feels impelled to in- vestigate the subject of aesthetics even when aesthetics is understood to mean not merely the theory of beauty, but the theory of the qualities of feeling. The subject of the “uncanny” is a province of this kind.
-SIGMUND FREUD, The “Uncanny” (1919)

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Creating a series of simple cubes to reflect upon relationships requires understanding how subjectivity influences interaction. Furthermore for the individual to understand themselves within this context, creating a representation becomes a requirement. Each cube was meant to measure and calibrate its color to an individual. Once those cubes touched each other they would reflect within themselves the facet being shared with the other.

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