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<div id="content"><h1 id="holographic-oracle-deck">Holographic Oracle Deck</h1>
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id="crystals-energy-is-a-holographic-oracle-deck-exploring-a-range-of-energy-sources-through-the-nature-of-crystals-and-minerals-as-energy-storing-matter.">‘Crystals
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& Energy’ is a holographic oracle deck exploring a range of energy
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sources through the nature of crystals and minerals as energy-storing
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matter.</h2>
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<p>Lídia and Artemis, Special Issue 20 guest editors, asked us to modify
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an oracle deck of our choice. We — Cara and Boyana — prototyped a
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holographic oracle deck where a type of crystal is coupled with a type
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of energy resource in a single card in an attempt to talk about the
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global energy crisis we are facing today. It was important to us to
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provide multiple perspectives not only on how energy is used but where
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and under what conditions it is sourced. We attempted this by using
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crystals sourced in particular areas to provide a specific insight and
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perspective onto a facet of the global energy ecosystem. In practice,
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our deck provides an educational experience through the use of a DIY
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prism and complimentary audiovisual materials, which serve to create an
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immersive learning environment.</p>
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<img src="Earth-holo.jpg" alt="Earth" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Earth</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>After some quick research, we decided to couple Aquamarine and
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Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) which we thought would fit nicely as a first
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example of such a card.</p>
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<p><strong>Why Aquamarine?</strong> It looks like water that has been
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crystallised; stored energy; compression; solidified; put under
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pressure, or exposed to a specific temperature so that it changes its
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state (from liquid to solid).</p>
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<p><strong>Why LNG?</strong> It is natural gas that has been liquified;
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compressed; liquified; put under pressure, or exposed to a specific
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temperature so it changes its state (from gas to liquid); stores energy
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that can be channelled later.</p>
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<img src="LNG-and-Aquamarine.jpg" alt="LNG and Aquamarine" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">LNG and Aquamarine</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>Next, we wrote a short poem weaving these two elements into an
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everyday narrative. Later, this poem served as a script to create a
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voice narration (a one minute long audio piece) that went into the video
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creation process. Although the final text deviates slightly from our
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initial</p>
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<img src="Aquamarine-Poem.jpg" class="white-caption"
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alt="Aquamarine Poem" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Aquamarine Poem</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>idea, we felt the change was appropriate, as it was inspired by a
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conversation we had with our tutor, Steve, earlier that day. He talked
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about his childhood memories of collecting rocks in notebooks, perhaps
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similar to what geologists do when documenting their discoveries. He
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also mentioned a few things about caverns and a mine (which later turned
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into a museum) located near the city in which he used to live.</p>
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<p>To visualise the card, we used a hologram video-maker app. The
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process was fun and easy. All we had to do was simply find a
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high-resolution image of the Aquamarine crystal on a black surface and
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upload it into the app. Lastly, we made a model of a pyramid prism so
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that we could demonstrate the prototype fully. To get the full
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holographic effect, we had to put it on top of a phone screen and play
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the video, which we uploaded on YouTube and embedded as a link onto our
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Special Issue’s website.</p>
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<p>We saw in this prototype a potential to provide new knowledge, to
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create an engaging learning experience around energy sources, and also
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to provide a bit of wonder and immersion into a discourse that can often
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feel dense. By combining these different elements, we were hoping to
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create an unusual experience that can help people better understand and
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appreciate the importance of energy sources and sustainability. It will
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be interesting to see how our prototype evolves and impacts people’s
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perceptions of these topics.</p>
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<img src="Diamond-holo.jpg" alt="Diamond" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Diamond</figcaption>
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<img src="UFO-holo.jpg" alt="UFO" />
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<img src="Jellyfish-holo.jpg" alt="Jellyfish" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Jellyfish</figcaption>
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