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For my first project, I set out to apply the concept of Death to less-serious theme than sadness, regret, or pain. Instead, I made a game out of it. This game was called... 'Death Darts', and the concept was simple: Throw your dart at the board (a traditional dart board design with modified landing points), and where it lands determines how you'll probably die in real life.
In order to create this project, I first gathered statistics on death probability rates from 2002. It was this information that served as the backbone for the divisions and sizes for the sectors used on the actual dart board (so the probability that you'll hit 'heart attack' with the dart, is the same that you'll die of one in real life). The darts themselves were from a cheap kit we found at Wal-Mart. I then made my way to Home Depot and purchased ceiling boards for the dart base itself, along with red/blue tape to make the divisions. Using a home computer, Adobe Photoshop and my job's high grade printer, I made the on-board graphics and eventually had the visual pieces to an almost done project. Cutting and pasting was the hardest step, taking over 3 hours. In the end, I had a fun game and presented the class with a new perspective on death...
I originally intended to use balloons in front of the possible death squares, but it was hard to have them taped on the board without popping beforehand. The final project was on an easel in the middle of the stage of the Actlab room.