The Vibration element is a key aspect to the project however it is very important to me that I am not incorporating it for dramatic effect but to enhance the experience and fulfil the intention of the work.
One of the central objectives of my installation is to create a strong sense of foreboding through vibrations in the sound and building on this sensation by developing these to vibrations in the bed through the pillow, therefore affecting a different area of the body. This responds to one of the core ideas of the experience which is to cultivate a gradient of sound that is bodily aligned and multi sensory. This builds on the feedback that I have received throughout the testing process where participants reported that they felt a vibration afterwards the initial vibration sensation prompting them to think it had come back but it hadn’t highlighting it’s physical and emotional impact. The speakers and subwoofer enable me to produce a subtle vibration early on and follow this with a stronger vibration in the form of the pillow. This idea demonstrates and adds weight to the proposal of all speakers (aside from the subwoofer which is underneath) being embedded into the bed as this facilitates individuals to feel the vibrations of the sound as they travel.
Therefore, I experimented with various vibration times in order to fully determine the most appropriate times to place the vibration. For example, I tested it near the start however this didn’t have the same impact and seemed out of place as it prevented any build up taking place and lost some of the potential for engagement and immersion.
In the end, I decided to go ahead with the following times with (LOW) representing the vibration on and (HIGH) representing when the vibration stops (in seconds). The reason for these particular times is to cultivate a sense of foreboding through the use of sound and vibrations with the audio particularly the low frequency sections. This is with the intention of taking participants on a journey that they are physically and emotionally engaged with whilst treading the fine line that the vibration is not a novelty element but a key aspect of the installation.
FINAL VIBRATION:
if (myChrono.hasPassed(vibrationDelay + 35000L) && toggle == true) {
digitalWrite(PILLOW, LOW);
}
if (myChrono.hasPassed(vibrationDelay + 39000L) && toggle == true) {
digitalWrite(PILLOW, HIGH);
}
if (myChrono.hasPassed(vibrationDelay + 55000) && toggle == true) {
digitalWrite(PILLOW, LOW);
}
if (myChrono.hasPassed(vibrationDelay + 67000) && toggle == true) {
digitalWrite (PILLOW, HIGH);
}
if (myChrono.hasPassed(vibrationDelay + 119000) && toggle == true) {
digitalWrite (PILLOW, LOW);
}
if (myChrono.hasPassed(vibrationDelay + 134000) && toggle == true) {
digitalWrite (PILLOW, HIGH);
}
if (myChrono.hasPassed(vibrationDelay + 217000) && toggle == true) {
digitalWrite (PILLOW, LOW);
}
if (myChrono.hasPassed(vibrationDelay + 240000) && toggle == true) {
digitalWrite (PILLOW, HIGH);