NEW LENSES: Experimental Capture and Release

Concept One: How to Make an NFT or How to Buy a “Shitcoin”

• Capture subject: Experimental Event?
• Capture technique: Instructions (like an IKEA manual)
• Platform for release: NFT
• Summary: I will create an NFT that has a tutorial in a pamphlet style. It should be almost a backward approach to something that is rather tech-oriented. Using this platform I will either create a little guide on how to mint and NFT or something more useless like buying worthless coins.
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Concept Two: Screen-Time Data Visualization.

• Capture subject: Experimental Portrait
• Capture technique: Data Visualization
• Platform for release: Twitch
• Summary: I will have a twitch stream with a live stream of a set of data tables. From there people will have the opportunity to add their own information through a link to a google survey. The survey will ask some things like in your screentime what is your weekly screentime average and the weekly average number of pickups. On top of that, other information like your occupation and how many hours you sleep could be interesting to see.
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Concept Three:

• Capture subject: Experimental Portrait
• Capture technique: Screenshots
• Platform for release: Figma Interaction?
• Summary:
  • Begin by asking friends and family for green and red flags in partners and screenshot their responses. Then create an Instagram poll doing the same thing. After that then create a Figma interaction choosing red or green (flag), and a random number. Once you select the number it will take you to a gallery with a green flag theme. For example, you would choose a green flag, then 5, and you would go to a gallery of poll responses and screenshots of people saying “being nice to old people” is a green flag. I would then link the experience to my Instagram story and maybe add it to stories.
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Update:

Which Idea are you going forward with? Has it changed since Monday?: I have decided to go forward with the Red Flag, Green Flag Figma interaction. Overall the basic idea remains unchanged. However, after creating the poll and viewing some of the results, I am thinking to make it more interactive rather than passively viewing a gallery. I drafted ways to make it more game-like by pursuing a story with different possible choices each with different outcome characters. For example, the player would venture through the story by clicking on items that are referred to as flags. With different flag combinations, they would then result in a different character at the end of the story.

What is your project plan?: I created a Trello board with tasks and dates (if you do visit, you will enter as a collaborator. Please try not to move things around :’) )

What can you show us by next Monday?: I would like to have a working Figma skeleton with some basic visuals available.