Meta Media was a week-long project in the first semester where we created an original work within a given medium. Each year, the class brainstorms potential mediums by suggesting words for the whiteboard. After careful consideration, the professor selects several words to assign to different groups as their working medium. My group was assigned "history."

With presentations scheduled for Friday, we had until Thursday to complete everything. We spent the first few days brainstorming how to approach our medium and use it to present our idea. We decided to create a history-themed scavenger hunt where different teams would compete to solve clues.

I was responsible for creating maps of the area around the Media Technology room, preparing plaques, and using Photoshop to manipulate images that fit our hunt's storyline. I also hung everything in the correct locations. Each team received maps with different starting points around the old Media Technology room in 4.28. We placed 10 numbered clues throughout the area, designed to blend seamlessly with existing university artwork. The clues were disguised as authentic-looking plaques that typically accompany artworks, but contained fictional stories that appeared factual. Participants received paper slips with letters corresponding to numbers, which they used to decipher a word. The first team to return with the correct word won.

Through this project, we learned to use history as a communicative framework rather than just subject matter. We discovered how to leverage the inherent characteristics of "history" as a medium, its capacity for narrative progression, mystery, and layered discovery, to create an engaging interactive experience.