In The Head

My focus with this project was to visualize some of my thoughts and memories into an interactive space. Our memories are usually personal moments that we perceive in our own way. I took eight moments and memories from my fourth year at UCSD to show the dynamic between the different events within a “physical” space. I also wanted to convey how the “snapshot” of the memory, or what is captured on camera, is different from how it actually happened in the moment. I wanted the viewer to be able to explore the space that is a part of my memory and experience bits of it for themselves.

I took inspiration in this project from my camera roll on my phone. I noticed that I had many memories that were captured through images but without the context behind them. I also got inspiration from the human brain and how neurons fire in order to relay information. I decided to make the world like a brain by creating a neuron texture for the floor. For the circular memory “bubbles”, I was inspired by terrariums and how they are small worlds with different forms of life in them. In a way, the memories/moments are their own little “worlds” within the larger context.

The movement of the viewer moves as intended and is able to go up to the bubbles in order to listen to the audio. What I did not think worked was the volume of the sound. I think I could have played around with this more to make the audio have a smaller range compared to the bubbles. This way all of the sounds will not muddle up against one another. I would extend this project to include 3D worlds within the bubbles that the viewer can explore and interact with, similar to terrariums. I could also use this same concept to tell a story or series of events.