Project 3: Presentation

Today we finally presented our All Senses but Sight project. We decided to try to impart the experience of the different seasons to individuals through sound, smell, taste, and touch.

Winter:
-Taste: Gingerbread cookies
-Sound: Christmas bells
-Touch: Ice
-Smell: Evergreen spray

Spring:
-Taste: Peeps
-Sound: Birds chirping
-Touch: Grass
-Smell: Floral spray

Summer:
-Taste: Watermelon
-Sound: Waves
-Touch: Sand
-Smell: Sunscreen

Fall:
-Taste: Pumpkin
-Sound: Football chant "Lets Go Hokies!"
-Touch: Leaves
-Smell: Spices

We also used heaters and fans to simulate the temperatures of the different seasons. We showed up an hour before class to setup our exhibit upstairs in the DAAS. Although we had reserved that spot, another group went before us there so we had to wait until they were finished with theirs to set up. The first exhibit had people get blindfolded in blindfolds that smell like smoke, and they were walked over a sleeping bag to sit around a circle emanating heat. Each person was handed a stick with a marshmallow on the end which they put out over the "fire" and when they pulled the marshmallow down it was hot. I found that exhibit to be very immersive and I thought they did a great job.

I wasn't able to participate in the other exhibits because we spent time setting up ours in place of where the campfire exhibit was. We got our exhibit set up and our plan was to lead people 1 by 1 blindfolded to the 4 different stations. We had 1 person at each season station and 1 person controlling the flow of people into the room. Since we let people through 1 at a time it was taking a long time so not everyone got to experience the exhibit blindfolded. I thought our project went very well and I was happy with the end result.