Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Feedback Trip...me too

I also went to the Feedback exhibition in the city this weekend. I think the most interesting aspect was how interactive all of the different smaller pieces of the exhibit were. There was always some sort of large visual piece of information and additionally most pieces had a smaller interactive component for the viewer. highwaterline.org had a computer set up where you could check out their website and there were also postcards prepared that you could take and send to Mayor Bloomberg. Behind the computer, on the wall, were maps of all of the different locations and places that this organization has tracked. There was also TheRealCosts.com which had a computer set up, in front of a wall projection of information, that allowed you to explore their firefox plug-in which inserts emissions data into travel related e-commerce websites. In addition to these examples, there was also a wall set up that you could write on and respond to the question "If buildings could talk to one another, what would they say?"

During my time exploring the Feedback exhibit I was thinking about our final class project and how no matter what we all decide to do I think it would be really interesting if we were able to have interactive components for our viewers. Being able to be a part of the exhibit and the information that was being sent out was fun and engaging while being informational.

~Liz

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