I found that meeting extremely helpful because a lot of questions were raised about the further, more practical, development of the project and it is a real chance to feel where you are standing.
The literature review itself went well in my opinion. I was able to answer the questions I was asked and bring clarity to the written format I handed-in.
On top of that, this meeting set end to the research phase and it is now time for progress in the practical part of the project. Even though the literature review helped clarifying the area that the project is in, there are a lot of considerations that has to be made from now on when planning and executing "The Urbanite".
For a start - what feeling do I want convey through the installation? What do I want it to discuss? I already have the answer of this question - I want it to deal with the relation between the human and the city. I do not want it to be about dominance but more about the mutual dependence the two have - the city is defined by the human and vice versa.
From this come and all the other questions that need to be tackled. How do I convey that feeling. The general answer to that would be through the digital art installation I am creating. But at this stage that is not enough - and the question becomes more of a "How the digital art installation will convey that message?" - I am not quite certain what the answer of that is still but I am working on it.
Along with that come the questions about interaction - how is the installation going to react to different users. In a recent conversation, a truthful point was made that each person would have a different approach to an installation of such kind and will come out of it with a different experience. Even more variables come here when talking about user's perceptions of "The Urbanite" - age, personal experiences, social experiences, relationship status, and so on and so forth. Briefly said - everything that e person is and has been until this point of his/her life will influence their perception of the installation. That is why the interaction needs to be carefully planned and executed according to those variables - the installation should react differently to different combinations of those variables.
Even though I still do not have the solutions to those matters, I find it very important that the questions have been raised. I think I should start creating something, even completely wrong and unusable in order to activate the stage of prototyping and creating.
