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Assignment 1: Blindfold Walk

Starting from the main entrance of the HIL building i set the goal of crossing the street to go inside the HCI building

Having the last visual image of the view towards the building i knew i had to go past the coffee wagon and crossing the street which was much more of a challenge than i thought. After some steps i already felt a bit nauseous of having my sight taken away. I was imagining myself walking in that last visual image i had from the third person view.

The biggest challenge was crossing the street, there were certain aspects to it:

The buses that pass from two different directions draw a line in the space

It is difficult to tell which direction is the direct path to the street so you walk perpendicular to it

Since i didn’t know where the street is or in which direction i walk towards the street i could not tell when i actually crossed the street.

The only cue i had was the buses passing at random times, at one point the bus suddenly passed behind me. I was not sure if i had actually crossed the street or if i even made a curve along the street.

A delivery truck came at one point that diverged from that certain line that i drew in my head somewhere which was off putting aswell.

There are 3 lantern that were familiar to me that are at 3 different locations around the outside bench area infront of the alumni bar

Two of them are on on the side of the HIL which i was only aware of. I could not tell at which one i was but at the time when i touched one i knew i was still on the side of the HIL.

In the end i managed to cross the street also i had the cues of these short posts that are aligned with the street so i knew where the street is exactly and once i touched another one on the other side i was sure that i crossed the street.

Assignment 2: Soundscape

I chose the site of the construction site next to the HIL building there i found many different layers of sound coming from different directions and different volumes.

Assignment 3: Soundsketch

Music: grrawe – Gerriet K. Sharma

First listening to the audio blindly and in a second round i let my hand glide through the paper while listening to it.

Starting from left to right as time move on aswell as using the paper as space itself.

Assignment 4: Unity

A forest of metal poles reflecting different light sources
A sphere that captures the space and it’s lights
A mirrored Floor where you float inbetween