Process 2.2

Concept development and making decisions about the second iteration of our project:

We have decided to put the breast inserts into a body pillow, which will lay inside the sleeping bag in our installation. Also within the sleeping bag will be a stepper motor which will emulate the feel of a subtle heartbeat and enforce our general concept of a comforting connection.

There will also be a light that dims on and off slowly within the pillow case, echoing the feeling of the heartbeat motor. When the viewer interacts with the sensor, it the lights become bright and stop pulsing for a moment, to signify the connection between the comforting piece and the individual. When the individual is out of range of the sensor/leaves the space of connection, the light resumes pulsing as usual.

The sleeping bag will be open in the space and lined with the heated blanket. On top of the blanket will be the body pillow, with enough room to the side within the open sleeping bag for the viewer to lay down in it with the pillow and interact with it. The warmth from the blanket will also support our idea of comfort and nurturing that we're trying to convey with this piece.

When brainstorming ideas for places to install our piece, we decided that outside is not an ideal place since we want to avoid the overt hobo connotation that would exist with that placement. We think a gallery/show space which is clean, sterile, and white would be ideal in order to make this iteration as aesthetically put together as the last one. We would love to use one of the drawing critique spaces in FAD, as they fit this description perfectly. This would create an aesthetic and conceptual contrast between the look and feel of the room and the experience the viewer would have when they interact with our piece.