SB1: Research (Situationist Drawing Device)

Situationist Drawing Device by Jisoo Han and Paul Ornsby 

The drawing device is a mechanism with records the experience of landscape; through the usage of the mirrors on the device. It "records a journey taken in an altered state of perception through drawing". The device was inspired by the Greek invention (pseudoscope) and takes "the idea of reversing left and right vision...adapted to reverse forward and backward vision". It also has another key features which is a disc on the users back which created seismological sketched of what the user is seeing through the device in real time. 

Han and Orsby was inspired by the idea of creating a device which, rather than being practical and mainly useful, it's something the satisfies one's creative curiosity and a bit nonsensical in a way. Much like during the Victorian era were "Victorians invented a proliferation of devices, often ingenious, rarely of much practical use". 

I do find their device a bit out there and something that you won't really find anywhere making it unique and innovative and I think that it's a great solution and device for the concept of perception and looking at the environment in a different and interesting way. Although, I know audiences will look at it and think that it's very unpractical from the way it's created and maybe even think it's pointless, however that is part of why they created the device in the first place. 

Thoughts & Reflection:

I think that it's a really interesting way or recording something (experience of landscape), as well as catering it to the audience by making it something wearable that the audience can actually experience themselves, as experience can be more valuable than what is sometimes recorded or mapped. Although a downside of it is it's very inconvenient and more of something to display rather practically used a lot.