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Design Challenge 1 Net Work : posted by Jane Prophet Summary Net Work is a proposal developed for SPARKS and Canterbury Borough Council in conjunction with SWAPP arts consultants. Net Work was one of three proposals shortlisted for Herne Bay's 2005 temporary public artwork and draws on the inherent qualities of Herne Bay’s seaside position to create a simple but compelling art work sited in the bay. A fishing net is used as the basis to produce a floating grid approximately 64 meters by 64 meters square. Football-sized fishing floats are attached to the net in an 8 x 8 formation at one meter intervals forming a floating array of 64 floats. Each float houses a 1-2 inch group of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs). These bright lights can produce any colour in the spectrum to form star-like dots bobbing on Herne Bay’s shoreline. The net will be anchored to the sea floor and will move with the waves. (Note: there are 64 floats) Each float has to be water tight with a transparent 'top' section which has been cut away to house the LEDs. Each float needs to house a cluster of LEDs, battery power for the LEDs and receiver to receive data from the PC which is based on shore. With this weight the floats still must remain proud of the waves. What are the best materials and design for these floats, to keep them watertight? Can, instead of using battery power, the net of LEDs in floats be powered by energy generated by the waves? If so, how can this be done? What is needed? What is the best way to transmit the signal for the land-based PC (of the cellular automata) to the floats? In case of problems receiving data from the PC each LED needs to be able to 'default' to cycling through colours. All LEDs need to have this default 'locked' together so the whole new would cycle through the same colours at the same time. How can this be done? What 8 x 8 grid cellular automata program would be appropriate for this project to control the changing colours of the lights? Is there a CA model based on waves? |
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