Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Vision Quest, Part 1

Here are the responses (and card images) from the twelve Vision Quest exercises presented for my individual final:

My Eyes:



5: As a narcissist, I loved this one!
4: Enjoyed being able to look at other eye and not just from a mirror.


Angle Eye:



2: Hard without glasses, and the tubes got in the way of viewing.
1: There just wasn't enough image by the time it gets out of the periscope. With larger lenses, it could be interesting.


Back Eyes:



3: It was hard to see without my glasses but it was cool
2.3: Hard to incorporate visuals into spatial relation to self.


Lizard Eyes:



3.5: Can really only see from one eye, but that one eye really gives a great experience.
3: A new type of seeing double articulation


Cross Eyes:



4: Fun, hard to switch from eye to eye
3.5: This is great after spending a while looking - your eyes kind of swap places so blue is red/red is blue. Takes some time though.


Dino Eyes:



5+++: This was a total head-f**k. The stereoscopic effect was amazing. I was amazed at the extreme 3-D in conjunction with the lack of depth of field.
5: The best part was discovering the correlation between visual depth of field and physical-spatial depth.

Vision Quest, Part 2

Double-Up:



3: Tunnelography
2: Similar to angle eyes, once again, a very small image by the time it gets through the periscope.


The Elephant and the Mouse:




3: Great different perspectives.
3.5: Double perspective: high and low self relation to world from diminished and elevated standpoint.


Tummy Eyes:



3: Lower center of gravity!
3.5: It's like being super short, better to watch someone using them because it throws you off completely.


Giraffe Eyes:



4: Hard with glasses again, but it was really interesting to see above my height level
5: I felt TALL for the first time. Also, just dislocating vision from the area between my nose/forehead.

Downward Eyes:



4.5: Body centered vision, chest/hand centered self
5: So cool! Great experience to have your eyes ha a focused new view


Upward Eyes:



4: Combination regular vision and upward is interesting
5: It was really cool to see the ceiling when you walk around