Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Three electronics-based artists

Tony Brooks
"Interactive Painting"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOI16Vih8Xs

He deals with concepts like synesthesia, which is the phenomenon of experience one sense in terms of another. For example, one is able to 'hear' color or 'smell' a sound. Brooks' work explores mapping body movements to real-time synchronous visual and audio feedback. His vision is to create an immersive environment that is capable of reaction to the subject that is situated in it. The piece featured in the link above is a collaboration that uses sensors, projects, and computer software to recreate the experience of painting. The ferocity of the painter's gestures translate into sounds, as well as the type of tool he uses. The projections that are mapped onto the painting are also influenced by the painter's gestures and actions.

Frederico Diaz
"Outside Itself"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yri42_EkHNU

Frederico Diaz combines art and technology in his work. The featured piece is made up of two distinct parts. First is the interactive portion that features a projector and a senor tracking peoples' movements as they walk across the projection of light. The sensor collects data and feeds it to the second portion of the installation, two industrial robots that build sculptures out of small black balls based on the data they receive from the sensors. His work aims to document the human experience and is largely based on interaction.

Victoria Vesna
"Fluid Bodies"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSt03HkH4Is&feature=related
http://nano.arts.ucla.edu/i_fluid.php#

This work features a video projection and a sensor that captures and remembers human movement when it moves in front of the projection. The computer generates an image of the passerby that also interacts with the virtual components of the piece. Words appear and get wiped away with movement.

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