Project Description:
This exhibit began as an alternate version of an earlier prototype (Walk A Mile), but has evolved into an exhibit with its own individual personality and look. In the interest of highlighting its altered appearance, colorful personality and clearer concept, it deserves to be treated as a distinct project. The physical description is similar to the original: there is a treadmill, cameras to capture visitors walking, preloaded videos into which visitor images will be composited or 'green screened' on a screen in front of the treadmill. However, the aesthetic changes are obvious: the black box with its sense of mystery and foreboding has been replaced by a color scheme that is bright and airy, with lots of green to emphasize the green screen theme. There are light hearted, low tech elements that make the exhibit feel like a cooperative work in progress. To emphasize the spirit of cooperation, there is a counter that measures cumulative miles walked by visitors. Visitors can select videos and then walk as little or as long as they like. Walk-A-Thon is educational, interactive, fun, and automatically tracks vistitor participation. Please see the 'Criteria Statement' on the Wiki Page for more detail.

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