Pole Top Design

i.e. Creative (www.iecreative.ca), is the artist team we're working with to fabricate the Talking Poles. This blog post focuses on the design of the pole tops. There has been a lot of discussion as to what the design of the pole tops should be and how it will be constructed. We started with an engineered drawing produced by i.e. Creative and then we built cardboard prototypes exploring the circumference required to house the electronics. Our goal was to design a pole top that was both esthetically pleasing and functional - in the scene that it would provide a high level of protection from the environment and other elements.

The Electronic Schema

This blog post focuses on the design of the electronics that will embedded into the pole. The key idea behind the Talking Poles is that they >talk< and will play back audio pieces collected from area residences. Our artist team worked with Bobbi Kozinukto who drawn up the schema (to the left) of the electronic design. We initially started with a plan to draw to run the electronics by harnessing the EMF from the over head transmission towers. This planed to be too difficult to regulate so we have opted for solar power.

Site View

The Talking Poles will be placed North and South of 68th in between 125th and 126th Streets. The red dots mark the spot.