Wandering along a country road, I saw a neighbor had left this for the
crows, so I took it home:
http://ep.yimg.com/ip/I/topmicrousa_2058_154009171 - it displays
filmstrips on its screen or projects back to the wall, with accompanied
cassette player with great sound. This was clearly built to last
forever, and an example of highly functional, timeless design for analog
tech.
What would you do with such a thing, and are you already doing
anything? My ideas:
* For Creative Writing / Theater classes to produce and record "Mystery
Science Theater" type commentary to accompany vintage filmstrips, and
only one unit would be needed (this would be for the class as an audience).
NEEDED: A source of vintage film strips for sale, perhaps a school
district A/V closet or the Library of Congress, and maybe another unit
or two.
* For Social Studies / Fine Arts classes to develop student-curated
kiosks with cassette commentary that could be placed around the school.
NEEDED: A film developer who can develop Kodak EB 3 filmstrips (or an
equivalent).
* For art class project, where each student gets a blank section of
filmstrip (or an existing filmstrip) to manually sketch upon or distress
in a creative way. I envision these displayed in an art show,
accompanied by the music of the student's choosing.
NEEDED: Vintage or blank filmstrips.
A school would need handful of these units for a proper movable feast,
staged in various community locations, banks, etc. - there are people
selling them online for $30-$50, but it looks like once they are offered
for sale, they move pretty fast.
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*-Bram Moreinis
Hudson Valley Tech Scouts
http://hvscouts.com
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