Wang SI22

Suggest reading time — 10 mins(or 3 seconds, could be extremely boring, not recommend it)

Radio

1, with Mania and Anita

 —Animal Worlds Quiz—

10:56 Round 1: 

1. If a snake eats an elephant what shape will it become?

A. A hat B. Crossiant C. Dinasaur D. Fish

10:57 Round 2: 

2.  What came first? The egg or the chicken?

A. Egg B. Chicken C. The elephant D. Snakes

10:58 Round 3:

3. How do fish breathe if they live under water?

A.🤿 Snorkel B. They don't breathe at all C. Crumble paper D. bubble sounds(micphone drops in the water)

10:59: ALL WRONG

   Word echo
   

When we read words in different languages in turns, it creates an echo effect with varying languages. I'm trying to make a VST plugins based on this idea(text to speech).

   Music parts

2, Friday radio

On Friday, Julian and I recorded another radio podcast with our samples. Initially, we thought the podcast would be about 1 hour and 30 minutes. However, when we finished the podcast, nobody showed up. We continue the podcast, leading us to spend 3 hours on it. We hadn't prepared enough samples for this extended duration so we turned on Spotify and escaped for a beer with Julian's cat.

3, Apocalypse Radio

"A few days after the Apocalypse, Lee (Wang’s cousin)arrived at the worm and delivered unsettling news – Wang didn't make it. Lee: 'We were driving to McDonald's, and Wang suddenly jumped out of the car and said there was some wing (or rain, I have no idea what he said) outside, so he needed to catch the wing signal or something. I don't understand what he was saying; was he chicken wings from sky?’ 'After I parked my car, Wang had already climbed up a tower. He was handing an umbrella and yelling something, and suddenly, there was a strong lightning and thunder…'"

Lee also helped Lorenzo find his Bluetooth earphones(which had fallen into the wormhole at WORM).

4, Soundscape

For the 'Signal Lost: Archive Unzipped' radio shows, I made some soundscapes based on the interview sample clips.

https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Signal_Lost:_Archive_Unzipped_-_Soundboard

Zine camp

A Tea protocol

“During the zine camp, I made a zine about the protocol in the tea cultural, when the finger tapping as a response becomes to a protocol.

In the tea culture, finger tapping emerges as a distinctive form of communication,

finger tapping as a gesture are used by people as a tradition to response.

Someone consider it as a hierarchical tradition.

it is an intriguing protocol. The zine “a tea protocol” is a route map, it shows the different combination of the finger tapping and meanings of the gestures.”

"During the zine camp, I made a zine about the tea as a protocol, exploring how finger tapping evolves into a unique form of communication.

In tea culture, finger tapping serves as a distinctive method of expression, used as a traditional response. While some perceive it as a hierarchical tradition, others find it intriguing as a protocol.

The 'Tea Protocol,' serves as a visual guide, mapping out the various combinations of finger tapping and their corresponding meanings.

Rain Receiver

It all began with the picnic box.

While discussing items for our picnic, I considered the need for an umbrella given the unpredictable weather in the Netherlands.

At that point I was thinking what if the umbrella could be more than just a shield from the rain? What if it could become a receiver, to catch the rain and convert the rain as a signal to archive the nature, the non human being things.

I start to think what kind of form and technology required should I use to realise this idea. Here are the protocols about the Rain receiver, from 06.11 to 07.12.

1. Max/MSP

In the initial phase, I utilized Max/MSP to write a pattern for converting the sound signals to MIDI. I was using the piezo sensor to capture touches and raindrops. I spend about 1 week to fixed the problem on the M$L, I made a pattern with the Mapping, Sound to midi and Scale filter function.

2. Arduino

The next step involved working extensively with Arduino for approximately two weeks. Initially unfamiliar with the piezo sensor and Arduino, I attended station skills on Arduino & Lights, CNC Milling PCBs, Wind Energy, and nano kite construction, which helps me a lot to understand and get start better with the Arduino and circuit, also inspired me about what is the nature energy and how to archive it.

3. Material Selection

About the sensor, Jossef helps me with the circuit construction to made the piezo sensor became more sensitive. Initially, the signal could only received by tapping it, after the optimisation, it could monitor the changes in current flow.

At first envisioning the receiver as an umbrella with a sensor atop, I spent three days collecting references and materials. However, the umbrella-inspired structure proved impractical. Upon reconsideration, I envisioned it as a wearable backpack with wings housing all the sensors. After combining wood with umbrella structural components and placing the Arduino at the center, the Rain Receiver took its final form.

4. Connect to the Printer

When we thinking about how to expand this project, Jossef suggest me to connect the receiver to a printer, to print a symbol that shows the rain drop that it received. Zuzu contributed to this by coding in Python. We opted for the "/" symbol to represent raindrops, randomly selecting words from our apocalypse-themed pad. However, connecting the printer posed a significant challenge. Despite numerous attempts, we couldn't control it until Michael developed a CGI page, resolving the issue with an online printing command via the chopchop server.

5. Fixing Bugs, moved to WORM in the Final Apocalypse

Upon connecting all components, we encountered a few bugs: persistent sound when hands were removed from the sensor and a disproportionate ratio of words and slashes. We fixed all the bugs and Anita helps me with the photograph.

At the end, we meet the apocalypse at the worm.