Friispray
From Vision - Multimedia Education
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What is it?
Friispray is tool with who you can create some digital graffitis. This project was developed by the english collectif Jam Jar, with the licence GPL.
<a href="http://www.friispray.co.uk/">Official site of the friispray project</a>
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How Can I Use It ?
With a paint spray, who's got infrared LED, the user can draw has a graffiti artist on a screen. He choose the color shade,the form of his lead and his size. The screen can show what you want. a wall, a wagon, a picture...
Who can use it ?
This installation is able to raise public awareness of artistic use of digital tools in a fun way and without showing the technologic tools.It is also a way to discover a urban cultural form: graffiti, with his beauty, his special codes... It can be also a tool of preventive measures about respect of urban facilities.
What Do I Need ?
- A fake paint spray with infrared led
- A projection screen
- A wiimote
- A bluetooth key
and those software:
- Adobe air
- Wiimote whiteboard
- Friispray.air
What is Friispray ?
Field of investigation: Multimedia education
Digital Graffiti
With spray paint fitted with a diode and an infrared wiimote, you can “make a graffiti” on a screen. You choose your color, shape and size of the brush. You can draw whatever you want.
Educational objectives pursued:
-stimulate the imagination, creating graffiti
-understand the techniques of graffiti
-understand the possible diversion of digital technologies
Informations:
-public / age (6-8, 9-11, 12 +) ;
-level of complexity in the implemented activities (easy / intuitive application of basic knowledge, need for specific technical prerequisites) ;
-time to devote to the activity (one session of 1 hour, half day, full day, activity on the week or month)
Teaching value of a project around the technique of stop motion :
-this type of activity can help to raise awareness about art digital tools to the extent that the activity is fun and the result immediately visible; This technology is also a measure to discover a cultural form of urban graffiti, with its beauty, its special codes ... -this activity can be an important measure in awakening young people to art in general, to question the place and role of the artist in society;
