finalized thesis idea

Project Description: My project engages the viewer with the idea/topic of global warming. For my thesis project I want to build a sandbox that viewers can walk in, with type under the sand. The goal is to have the viewer step into the box and have to shuffle around the sand to read the text. The sandbox will depict the analogous relationship of the ocean tides to the idea of global warming. If you imagine the weather as waves and the tide as the climate you can begin to see the metaphor between the two. Waves at the beach repeat the never-ending cycle of the tide; they come in, they go out. Some waves travel far up the beach and some fall short. But you can't tell without observing whether the tide's coming in or out. It's only the trend that matters, not the waves. This idea is the basis for my project.