1. 01-50 number generator
2. 15 answers to a question. 5 yes/ 5 no/ 5 maybe. Based on the magic 8 ball, but with different answers. Another difference is that the magic 8 ball has 10 yes/ 5 no/ 5 maybe (which seems unfair to me)
3. in progress/unknown 16 option
To unify them all I plan to only use black and white as color, and only three line weights; circles, squares, and the angles found in the eight pointed star.
Graphically representing three definitions of the word chance.
———————————————————————————————
———————————————————————————————
All of the countries in the world, printed on lottery tickets for random selection. Once selected, I research the risks and hazards that come with being from that country, and how they affect your chance of survival.
A test selection; 20 countries drawn from the container.
Coming soon: Exploring new directions in my research.
After spending more time and money than I have—designing various chance cards, inserting bearings into laser cut plastic discs and cutting wood—I built a biased wheel. It has a slight wobble, which causes it to stop in or around the same position every time. No good for generating random results.
After spending a day pulling my hair out and getting back to the drawing board, I found a great article about Murphy, a Random Mechanical Cascade Machine, built in the late 1970′s to test theories of chance and randomness (and the difficulties that man has in playing along).
Read the article here
This is the end result of all of the experiments I’ve been conducting on the topic of chance; a 140 page documentation book called Fifteen Random Walks: Explorations of Chance in Trajectory. It chronicles the process I used (various stages can be seen in past posts on this site) starting with defining chance; developing a system of generating locations randomly; mapping them out; taking/finding pictures of the places; and finally analyzing the results.
Above: The Cover. Below: Select spreads
So this project has come to an end—But I’m only getting started.
In case you didn’t know, the things I am doing on this site are a part of my graphic design thesis project at the School of Visual Arts in The Senior Project Class—taught by Paul Sahre and Lindsay Ballant. Up to now, this has been a guided process the whole class has been led through—where we have been doing an exploration of our topic (chance, for me) that we chose after analyzing the first assignment we did, and the reasons behind our solutions. Everything we do informs the next step, culminating in a result that we could have not chosen in the beginning.
So what’s next for me?
Well, I’m working on developing my project idea right now, and expecting some exciting results. All that I am revealing currently is that it will involve chance (obviously), and it will be 11-43% more involved than this project was.
So please, bookmark this page and come back often to see what I’m up to, and let me know what you think.
500 cards—each completely unique—with possible winning numbers for three popular New York Lottery games.
Are you here because you found one of these cards? Did you play any of the numbers? Were you a winner?
I would love to know how your numbers fared for you, where you found the card, or what you think of all of this. Feel welcome to leave a comment, and check back often to see what is new on the site.
Why do this? I wanted to bring a new audience to the site, but I wanted to find an unconventional way of going about it. The challenges to me were; to bring curious people in to the site that were open to the idea of chance as an influence in their own life (as well as finding a group outside of art/design community) and also to not just advertise or litter the city with these cards, but give something that could potentially be of value to the viewer if they act on it.
This is the near culmination of the most recent project I’ve been working on. These are maps showing various locations that I end up based on generating random, or chance based results such as flipping a coin, or spinning a wheel to lead me in the direction that I go. Each map uses a different method, and each has five separate paths on it.
Map 1: Brooklyn
Using the chance wheel, the choice of forward, backward, left or right is made at every intersection 100 times each.
——-
Map 2: United States
By flipping a coin, the choice of northwest or southwest is made roughly every 50 miles 100 times each.
——-
Map 3: World
Using the chance wheel, the choice of which direction to move—in degrees— is made roughly every 500 miles 100 times each.
