It’s a new day, it’s a May day, and we’re back for another Outlook Mixed Bag episode.

This week we’re finally getting to it, explaining a project we’ve had in the works for nearly an entire year now, but first we share a sudden loss in our family and on our own special memories of our uncle Mike who passed away, unexpectedly last week, moments after doing the thing he loved: playing music live with friends.

The much hinted at project is our participation in a symposium taking place on May 6th and 7th in Toronto: Intense Interiors.

Ours is Outlook - A Multi-Sensory Installation where we’re exploring mental mapping using multiple sensory modalities to show a range of perspectives, along with clips from guests appearing on this show.

We’re showcasing a range of accessible products including braille fashion and mixed chocolates and tactile and 3D printed maps and objects.

We discuss this last year and how we became a part of Intense Interiors, we give a demonstration of the symposium’s organizer saying her own name on the website the symposium is using where you can record yourself saying your name so others can hear how it’s properly pronounced, and we tell what it’s been like developing our installation, beginning with the audio paper we produced to illustrate the ideas demonstrated within.

Check out this site and record your name which you can add to your email signatures so others will know its proper pronunciation in any situation:

https://namedrop.io/

And to learn more about the symposium, go to:

https://architectureandfilm.org/

Mike Kijewski: 1952-2023