We now have a diverse group of twenty students, from 12 different RCA courses, from all six schools, signed up for Seeing Things (28 October – 1 November). The programme we posted earlier in the summer has changed a bit (see below) though the overall pattern of the week is similar.
Our challenge over the week builds on the ‘energy visualisation’ aspects of SusLab to explore visualising, or making experiential in new ways, a broad range of hidden patterns in everyday life, relating to either human behaviours or environmental conditions. The interests, expertise and perspectives of students from many different backgrounds and creative disciplines will, we hope, enable a really interesting set of outcomes.
 
 
We’re also delighted to welcome four wonderful guests, who are all doing intriguing things with visualising, translating or making tangible different kinds of data and patterns:
- Dave Cranmer, Nervous Squirrel: http://nervoussquirrel.com
- Dagny Rewera, BornAnIdea: http://www.bornanidea.com
- Matthew Venn, Cursive Data, http://www.mattvenn.net  / http://cursivedata.co.uk
- Fiddian Warman, Soda / Londonscape, http://londonscape.org / http://soda.co.uk
On Friday 1st November, from 4-7pm, the students will be showing the results of the week’s project, at a reception in the Senior Common Room of the RCA, to a range of external visitors – if you’d be interested in coming along, please email dan.lockton@rca.ac.uk or flora.bowden@rca.ac.uk.
Schedule
Day 1: Monday 28 October
Lecture Theatre 1
10.00 — 10.30Â Â Â Â Welcome and Introduction to the project (background to SusLab)
10.30 — 11.00Â Â Â Â Student introductions
11.00 — 11.15 Â Â Â Break
11.15 — 12.00Â Â Â Â Seeing Things — examples to consider
12.00 — 1.00Â Â Â Â Â Â Lunch
1.00 — 2.30Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Guest Speakers
2.30 — 2.45Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Break
2.45 — 3.30Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Group discussion with speakers
Red Room, Stevens Building
3.30 — 5.00Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Introduction to sensing kit
Day 2: Tuesday 29 October
Red Room, Stevens Building
10.00 — 11.00 Â Â Â Continued introduction to kit and forming groups
11.00 — 12.30Â Â Â Â Discussion of initial ideas with Dan and Flora (in groups)
12.30 — 1.30Â Â Â Â Â Â Lunch
1.30 — 6.00Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Begin project work
Day 3: Wednesday 30 October
Continued project work all day
2.00 — 5.00 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Project tutorials with Dan, Flora and Simon
Day 4: Thursday 31 October
Continued project work all day
Day 5: Friday 1 November
10.00 — 1.00Â Â Â Â Â Â Continued project work
1.00 — 4.00Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Installation of finished projects in Senior Common Room
4.00 — 7.00Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Presentation of work and drinks