[11/28] Update #1: Simple Mockup of Interaction
[11/29] Update #2: Expanding Lights
[12/4] Update #3: Fabricating Dome (Phase 1)
[12/5] Update #4: Fabricating Constellation Ceiling
[12/9] Update #5: Coding Audio Interaction w/ Lights & Arduino Installation
[12/11] Update #6: Prep Instructions
[12/13] Update #7: Fabrication of Dome & Installation (Phase 2)
[12/12] Finalizing Audio Selections
“The Destiny of Earthseed Is to take root among the stars. It is to live and to thrive on new earths.”
—Octavia Butler
Inspired by Octavia Butler, indigenous temescal technologies, Guadalupe Maravilla, and Harriet Tubman’s north star— Earthseed is an immersive, intimate storytelling structure. Users will enter an indigenous sweat lodge dome where on the interior ceiling they will see lights stimulating a starry night. Users are invited to touch the stars that compose the main constellation —the big dipper/north star. And behind each star, users will hear different freedom/survival stories from contemporary / transitioned elders. The immersion is to be experienced one person at a time.
Core Themes / Questions: interactive, nonlinear storytelling; fabricating intimate spaces; fusion of tradition/indigenous technologies with the boom bap beep; magical realism of touching a star.
MOODBOARD:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHTEPU0_qwE
Traditional sweat lodge structures are made of all organic materials and are mounted into the earth directly. To accommodate to the space of ITP, structure will be significantly smaller than tradition lodges and they will incorporate both inorganic and organic materials. The (white) circular base will be PVC pipe with a diameter of 5ft. From this base, natural sapplings (birch, black walnut, maple, or willow) will arc and create the dome shape with a height of 4 feet. Parallel to the circular PCV base, there will be 1-2 additional sappling circles that will support the arcs stay in place. To support the amount of pressure on the PCV pipe base, there will large stones place on exterior, much like traditional sweat lodges. If more support will be needed, sand can be put inside the pipes.