I was chatting to Jamie last night and he suggested it would not be that hard to make the carousel rotate, by mounting it on a bicycle wheel or some such thing with an independently moving outer around an inner axle (it could turn in response to someone gently pushing it, or some other mechanism). Maybe we could have that as an optional extra, to be added in the two weeks prior to the event at Paxtons'? (Magdy, engineering wiz?) Anyway if it wasn't possible, we could still go ahead withe the stationery piece as planned, but if we had the time and expertise to take it further, maybe we could keep that possibility open, what do you think?
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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ReplyDeleteDepending on my health, maybe the next meeting could be here at my place? Better for me not to travel around too much now, but OK to have visitors.
I like the idea of the interactivity of people gently pushing the piece for it to turn, however, can we trust that people will only push it gently and not experiment with how fast it will spin?
To maintain continuity with the last exhibition we could always use one of the Wardrobe Phrases and place a spin me somewhere..and/or also perhaps place on of the luminescent boards with a written explaination....
Kinf of reminds me of the card stands in Newsagents...and losing the place where you got the card you were looking at from as someone else turns the stand...
Hmmm, the thought of spinning wardrobes makes me feel slightly dizzy, this maybe fueled by the complexity of making it work combined with our lack of time!!, I too think it might be very tempting to spin it very fast, thou that might be fun!,
ReplyDeletelike the moving card stand concept Fiona! Maybe we could keep it open as an optional extra, if not possible for this time, maybe for another time?
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