Structure (Portfolio Proposals)

Beginning the fabrication of the sampler-duvet, I have begun to approach the physical structure and the different methods of execution I could approach. For the duvet itself, ideally, it would have twenty-four panels, forming the duvet itself. Within these panels, I have a few different approaches to how I could create a ‘conductive panel’. Both of these methods will still produce conductivity within the duvet, my main issue is being cost-effective. The first method of conductivity for the duvet would be to incorporate conductive thread throughout the stuffing of each individual panel, which to me sounds the most efficient. My other potential method would be to have one layer of e-fabric sewn into the middle of each individual panel. Both of these methods would hopefully invite the viewer to really grab a handful of the individual duvet panels to trigger and manipulate the sound. Next in understanding how I would execute the coding and hardware setup, I have another three potential methods I could use to produce sounds from the duvet. There are three different connecting devices to Arudino I need to do more research into; the lily-pad mainboard, the bare-conductive touch board, using a bela-board to connect Arduino through Puredata to create the sounds. Puredata would be extremely new territory for me and an entirely new language to learn, aside from having to learn Arduino for this project so I would rather avoid having to rely on too many new sources outside of my current practice. In my end result, I would want the tactical manipulation of the e-textile within the duvet panels to be the trigger the sound based on the sensitivity. This would be done with pre-existing .mp3 files that are triggered and manipulated through the Arduino computer and sent to an outside speaker/amp. Currently, I am discussing the best methods to approach this with the creative tech lab within LCC.

(1:36 is an example of what I would want each panel of the duvet to do)