Smell and Sound Workshop Dec 7th 2012

Access to Heritage group divided into two groups and collected the smells of Speke Hall. We had some foam devices a bit like bicyle pumps to suck up a smell and then capture the aroma of air into plastic bags. The smells were labelled with an image or text.

Sucking up smell of christmas tree

Sucking up Christmas Smell

Angela collecting smells

Angela collecting smells

 

Michael collecting and baging up smells of Speke Hall

Michael collecting and baging up smells of Speke Hal

Bags with smells collected at Speke Hall

Bags with smells collected at Speke Hal

The group were also given some objects to test with sensors embedded that would trigger sounds. Gosia made some notes about the activity of testing, “Everyone was sitting around the table, there was a lot of chatter. The first object introduced to a small group was a loaf of bread that made some sounds when touched. The sounds were the recordings made by the group in a previous workshop. The bread played the sound of cooking, spoons and pans clattering. The sound trigger in the bread did not work every time. The participants started touching and exploring the bread trying to get the sound to work until the bread was smashed”

Arduino Inside

Arduino Inside

Loaf sensor - post exploration

Loaf sensor – post exploration

 

 

 

 

 

 

The pictures below show some of the other objects with sensors embedded.

Patrick explores sensor

Patrick explores sensor

Louise tests stroke sensor in box

Louise tests stroke sensor in box

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