The Lore of the Lyrebird, Ambrose Pratt, 1932
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Dr Joëlle Bitton
Luke Franzke
Joël Gähwiler
Dr. Daniel Hug
Olav Lervik
Partners
Stefan Heller neeracherried(at)birdlife.ch
Valentin Amrhein v.amrhein(at)unibas.ch
Timeframe
The module takes place over 5 weeks, from 20.02.18 to 23.03.18, from Tuesday to Friday, 9.30-17.00 - see timetable below for detailed hours and classrooms. Class sessions include lectures, discussions, mentoring sessions, in-class exercises, assignments and independent study blocks. Projects are conducted individually or in a team of three students at most.
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This year, the module is conceived in collaboration with Birdlife-Centres Neeracherried and La Sauge in order to investigate ideas and prototypes for a future exhibition where visitors interact with bird songs.
BirdLife Switzerland and the University of Basel invite us to experience bird’s songs. Why do birds sing? How do they sing? What are the similarities of the communication of birds an human beings? Does man-made noise disturb the communication of birds? In exhibitions at Birdlife-Centres Neeracherried and La Sauge, visitors shall experiment and interact with bird’s sounds and slip into the skin of birds. In the Spatial Interaction course, students will develop working concepts for this exhibition, through the tools and methods of spatial interaction, sound and exhibition design. The developed prototypes will be presented to our partners and should serve as the basis of a further design of the planned exhibition.
Main Project Brief
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In an exhibitions in Birdlife-Centre Neeracherried and La Sauge, visitors shall experiment and interact with bird’s sounds and slip into the skin of birds. In the Spatial Interaction course, students will develop working concepts for this exhibition, through the tools and methods of spatial interaction, sound and exhibition design. The developed prototypes will be presented to our partners and should serve as the basis of a further design of the planned exhibitions in Birdlife-Centres Neeracherried (2019 - 20) and La Sauge (2021-22).
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Didactic aims of Exhibition -
- The visitors are fascinated of birds and their songs
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- They learn and understand certain aspects of bird’s sounds
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- They learn basic methods of acoustic research (sonograms)
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- They are motivated to contribute to the protection of birds
Expectations and Grading
Students learn in the process tools and methods to track people and their interaction and environmental changes, and notions of exhibitions set-ups.
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Week 1 | Tuesday 20.2 | Wednesday 21.2 | Thursday 22.2 | Friday 23.2 |
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Morning | Kickoff Tech Input 1: | Visit BirdLife Center | Visit Zoo of Zurich Discussion on Field Study | Tech Input 3: |
Afternoon | Tech Input 2: | Individual Research | Research Exercise Presentation and Idea Clustering | |
Week 2 | Tuesday 27.2 | Wednesday 28.2 | Thursday 1.3 | Friday 2.3 |
Morning | Design & Prototyping | Mentoring Design & Prototyping | Tech Input 5: | Mid-Presentations |
Afternoon | Tech Input 4: | Design & Prototyping | Design & Prototyping | Design & Prototyping |
Week 3 | Tuesday 6.3 | Wednesday 7.3 | Thursday 8.3 | Friday 9.3 |
Morning | On-Demand Sound Mentoring Design & Prototyping | Design & Prototyping | On-Demand Sound Mentoring Design & Prototyping | Design & Prototyping |
Afternoon | Design & Prototyping | Mentoring Design & Prototyping | Design & Prototyping | Design & Prototyping |
Week 4 | Tuesday 13.3 | Wednesday 14.3 | Thursday 15.3 | Friday 16.3 |
Morning | Production | Production | On-Demand Sound Mentoring Production | Production |
Afternoon | Mentoring Production | Tech Input 6: Production | Production | Production |
Week 5 | Tuesday 20.3 | Wednesday 21.3 | Thursday 22.3 | Friday 23.3 |
Morning | Production | Production | Exihibition Setup Gallery 1 and 2 | Final Presentation |
Afternoon | Mentoring Production | Production | Documentation Gallery 1 and 2 | Clean up Documentation Student Feedback Gallery 1 and 2 |
JB: Joëlle Bitton, LF: Luke Franzke, JG: Joël Gähwiler, SH: Stefan Heller, VA: Valentin Amrhein, DH: Daniel Hug, OL: Olav Lervik
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