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SMS to Paper Airplanes [Processing]

SMS to Paper Airplanes is a project by Christian Groß realised within a class called „program development“ at the university of applied science in Potsdam. The task was to translate an existing data set into a new audio/visual medium, using Processing. Christian visualized sms messages using physical airplanes as an analogy. The properties of airplanes are defined by the direction of message, the length, its size and the amount of positive emotional words are represented within the amounts of folds.

Purpose, I tried to visualize the text message communication between my girlfriend and myself. Since we are in a long distance relationship and living in two different countries text messages are often the easiest way to communicate. The challenge was to find a medium, which is variable and able to visualize the information of the text messages, but at the same time allows to keep the content private. For me the paper airplane was the perfect image for this scenario, because the text messages as well as travelling by plane are the most common ways for us to cover the distance. Additionally the paper airplanes were divided in two types depending on the length of their text. Finally, the paper airplanes resulting from this construction plan were placed in the room depending on the time when they were sent, as well as their emotional value.

The class was supervised by Jens Wunderling. Created with Processing.

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