MOVING WASTE

Here is a physical prototype with a photoshopped yellow glow. This installation is portable, interactive and immersive.

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This is our physical prototype for our food waste pop-up installation. It will be placed in areas that are situatedamong many eating out food places. The mediums that were used to create this prototype consisted of plywood,a canvas, coloured string, pins (however, in the real prototype these might be replaced with nails due to its size) and black ink. This model is a small scale version of what it would look like. ‘The Impact of Eating Out’ is written on the top of the model to establish to those interacting with it what the activity / display is based on. However,there will also be a small contextual paragraph beside the work; similarly to artworks in regular galleries. This physical prototype is simple yet e ective - capturing its essence well. - Not only is this said within its composition and monochromatic palette; but also the questions and answers that are on the model. They were thought about carefully and constructed to be clear to understand, not too long and complicated. This was important to us because as a group, we want to be able to get our points across clearly to people. This ensures they are engaged, and thus will have a higher chance in thinking about the impacts and deeper meaning of food wastage in alternative times too. Furthermore, a sign cant element to this model is the concept of utilising string. This medium is what makes the experience of data interactive and compelling. By making it interactive, people will want to participate. It would become a social activity that can start a conversation. We did, however, discuss mediums to use insteadsuch as a magnet you stick on to your answer, pressing a button on an electronic device to submit an answer etcetera. However, we came to the conclusion that string would be best as the act of holding it in your hands and wrapping it around your answer feels almost more absorbing. By having the answers of participants and then the real answers overlaid across them with an LED light, it is a good indication to participants of how much they thought they knew - and how much actually do know