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-====== SECRET BODY ======
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+====== SECRET BODY ======
 **Prof. Ebrahim Ghafar-Zadeh & Prof. Mark-David Hosale**, Course Directors
+[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7F2-GGuADs | SECRET BODY Video]]
+[[http://www.secretbodyproject.tumblr.com | Visit our site for up to date information]]
+===== POSTER =====
+{{:projects:g1:11001337_10152576059657064_9606623_o.jpg? -730|}}
 ===== CREATIVE TEAM =====
 {{:projects:g1:nichiesface.jpg? 60-}} **Enriquez, Denise (Nichie)**
 \\ Nichie Enriquez is a fourth-year Digital Media student. She likes Processing, Max/MSP, and data visualization.
-\\ **Role:** Fabrication of the physical models including the circuitry. Data collection.
+\\ **Role:** Creation and management of the database for interaction. Data collection.
 {{:projects:g1:dallisface3.jpg}}**King, Dallis**
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 {{:projects:g1:72326_10151523768062220_1830485427_n.jpg|}}**Papazian, Anna**
 \\ Anna Papazian is a fourth year Digital Media major, who enjoys reading, movies and music while incorporating these passions into her works. Her past works include experimenting with sounds and visuals as well as robotics.
-\\ **Role:** The creation, and management of the database of interaction. Data collection.
+\\ **Role:** Programming the micro controllers to communicate among the models. Data collection.
 {{:projects:g1:sam.png? 60|}}**Puder, Samantha**
 \\ A 4th year Digital Media student at York university. Her past work includes emotions and robotics.
-\\ **Role:** Programming the microcontrollers (Arduinos) to communicate among the models and with the audience for an interactive experience. Data Collection.
+\\ **Role:** Fabrication of physical models, inclusive of circuitry. Data collection.
-===== PROJECT CONCEPT =====
-The narrative behind our installation is based on all the things people don’t want, or are afraid to talk about, and stories people don’t want to tell. We feel there are great stigmas placed on mental illness, abuse, domestic violence and the like, and our goal is to build a project that breaks those stigmas down and provides an opportunity for people to talk openly about them.
+===== ABSTRACT =====
-The physical aspects of the project represent physical manifestations of human emotions visualized underneath a clear human container. We will be creating LED sculptures within clear plastic mannequins. In a metaphorical way, the unspoken stories create a barrier, but the emotional trauma and feelings still find a way to shine through the walls created by human beings to protect themselves.
+There exists a section in every person that is tucked away purposefully due to fear of social stigma. SECRET BODY is an interactive art installation that explores themes of stigma and social interaction. The piece attempts to display human emotion through data visualization and measure emotion through affective science methods. The piece uses bioinformatic data to create a light pattern within ten human-shaped models, and uses the same data to create an interactive platform between the piece and the audience.
-We intend to the make the agents of our interactivity human shaped to express the emotions that humans bottle up inside. We want to encourage people to engage with the models on a deeper level to really get to know them, similar to the way people interact with each other when they first meet. Their choices based on the first impression will help to develop a deeper relationship with the stories being presented.
+===== MOTIVATION =====
+With SECRET BODY, we are splitting our focus between engineering and cultural aspects. We're attempting to create an algorithm to interpret and effectively display the data from our initial participants. SECRET BODY aims to bring to light the stories of people, the kind of stories that are often turned into statistics and numerical data. By doing that, humans internalize the stigma of mental illness, which in turn develops the stigma in the external response.((Barnes, A., Duncan, C., and Peterson, D. Fighting Shadows: Self-stigma and Mental Illness. Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand,  2008, 6 - 34.)) We seek to humanize the data, and make it subject to empathy and recognition. Our hope is that by abstracting emotions in a visual form we can also abstract out the stigma, challenging peoples cognitive biases and encouraging them to develop a more empathetic approach.
-==== RESEARCH ====
+===== RESEARCH =====
 The measurement of human emotion is extremely complex. We are attempting to break it down into measurable steps that we can combine to form one cohesive example of emotion to project into our sculptures.
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 **Valence** is much more complicated. It can be determined from a combination of heart rate, temperature, self assessment and observation of the subject.
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+During the interview process we ask the interviewee to pin-point the emotions they were feeling while sharing their story with us. The chart above is a modified Geneva Emotion Wheel, for them to complete the self assessment of their emotions correlating to our assessment of their emotion.
 ===== PROJECT OVERVIEW =====
-=== Overall Image ===
+==== Overall Image ====
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+==== Project Schematics ====
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+===== METHODOLOGY AND PROGRESS =====
+We want to have 10 models; 5 females and 5 males, each with their own personal backstories. We will express the emotions through physical, visual, and audio components significant to the narrative of our concept, underneath a clear plastic casing. Our fabrication will include LEDs, speakers, and design crafts. To interact with the model, the user will place their hand on a panel relative to the models. These panels will consist of multiple sensors (GSR and pulse) that input information for which the piece will react to. Using an algorithm, the input gathered from the user’s emotional state will affect the models base state. This is will be the metaphor for real-life human interaction, in which the emotional state of one person affects those around them, either directly or indirectly but not necessarily as a lasting effect. We will have a database for every person who interacts with our piece. It will have a high turnover rate; In the absence of interaction for certain period of time, the model return to its base emotional state, or possibly even worsen in nature. Gaps in interaction also affects the database, and each model will have different characteristics of response based on its backstory.
+To determine the base emotional state for each of the ten models, we will measure the GSR, and pulse of chosen participants who have struggled with opprobrium for a verbal, in-person interview. Using these measurements and the Valence-Arousal chart we can present the information as data which we will use in our piece to garner an emotional response. Our implementation of our concepts adds emphasis to the willingness to discover, and be educated in the reality of unspeakable stories, but have a certain degree of power to be an establishing point to their evolution as well.
+===== PROJECT ITERATIONS =====
+=== Proof of Concept ===
+[[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2B_VQLLqkROTDlMc19MSnJPQmc/view?usp=sharing|SECRET BODY v 0.1]]
+Initial testing phase, to see if the forms would hold and diffuse light in the ideal pattern.
+=== Torso Testing ===
+[[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2B_VQLLqkROenVxWXo3Q2JYYzg/view?usp=sharing|SECRET BODY v 0.5]]{{:projects:g1:15939002925_1892f21ed6_o.jpg? 730-|}}
+These were showcased for the midterm presentation. Full scale testing of a temperature mapping, but not interactive models.
+=== Testing Interaction ===
+[[https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2B_VQLLqkRON1FjLWRfdjZTOTg/view?usp=sharing|SECRET BODY v 1.0]]{{:projects:g1:11004699_10204844445163416_1231607732_n.jpg? 730-|}}
+This is the first iteration of interaction. Models have been mapped to their respective interviews and react to a users interaction.
-=== Project Schematics ===
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+=== Final Tweaking ===
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+These were showcased for the final presentation, all models are completely functional. We will continue working on the project to tweak the interaction interface given from user feedback.
+===== PREVIOUS SHOWCASING =====
+Outside of the Capstone exhibitions our project has also been shown at the following:
-==== METHODOLOGY AND PROGRESS ====
+=== CUSEC 2015 ===
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-We want to have 10 models; 5 females and 5 males, each with their own personal backstories. We will express the emotions through physical, visual, and audio components significant to the narrative of our concept, underneath a clear plastic casing. Our fabrication will include LEDs, speakers, and design crafts. To interact with the model, the user will place their hand on a panel relative to the models. These panels will consist of multiple sensors (GSR, pulse and temperature) that input information for which the piece will react to. Using an algorithm, the input gathered from the user’s emotional state will affect the models base state. This is will be the metaphor for real-life human interaction, in which the emotional state of one person affects those around them, either directly or indirectly but not necessarily as a lasting effect. We will have a database for every person who interacts with our piece. It will have a high turnover rate; In the absence of interaction for certain period of time, the model return to its base emotional state, or possibly even worsen in nature. Gaps in interaction also affects the database, and each model will have different characteristics of response based on its backstory.
+SECRET BODY presented at the Canadian University Software Engineering Conference for an event called Demo Camp. Received the prize for the most unique/creative project.
+{{:projects:g1:cusec.jpg? 730-|}}
-To determine the base emotional state for each of the ten models, we will measure the GSR, pulse and temperature of chosen participants who have struggled with opprobrium for a verbal, in-person interview. Using these measurements and the Valence-Arousal chart we can present the information as data which we will use in our piece to garner an emotional response. We will also be recording the audio from the interviews, and will use the cut-up technique ((Burroughs, W. //The Moderns: An Anthology of New Writing in America. Leroi Jones, ed. Corinth Books//, New York, 1963.)), as the trigger for interaction. We will be using this technique to remix the narrative and have the user experience these stories in that they are able to not only create their own interpretation of the piece, but to also empathize with the emotions that allow for the comprehension and engagement of the narrative, and our interviewees, in a meaningful way. Our implementation of our concepts adds emphasis to the willingness to discover, and be educated in the reality of unspeakable stories, but have a certain degree of power to be an establishing point to their evolution as well.
+[[http://cusec.net/| CUSEC]]
+=== York University 3rd Annual Undergraduate Research Fair ===
+SECRET BODY presented at the York University Undergraduate research fair. Received the Peoples Choice Award.
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+[[http://undergradresearchfair.blog.yorku.ca/ | Undergraduate Research Fair]]
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+=== Create.inTO ===
-==== REFERENCES ====
+SECRET BODY was given the opportunity to present for a Digital Media student showcase with select other projects.
+{{:projects:g1:createin.to.jpg? 730-|}}
+[[http://www.meetup.com/CreateInTO/events/220783293/ | Create.inTO v21.0]]
+===== REFERENCES =====