I will be working on
an interactive installation for my BFA project. It will include glass spherical
shapes to touch and interact with the audience. The interactions that will
occur through different variations of the glass spheres being touched will be
changes in lighting, sound, and projected html5 <canvas> moving
particles.
The concept of my
piece is for the viewer who interacts with my piece to experience movement, and
in essence ‘dance’ in front of other people and have it be a fun experience because
they are paying more attention to the art piece that the outside viewers of the
piece. The theme would address how most people do not like to make a spectacle
of themselves and how some people do not like to dance in public or at all but
that everyone has the ability to dance even if they do not believe they do.
How the interactive
piece will be set up will facilitate the movement of the participant by having
them touch different parts of the installation which will be located at
different heights and in a semicircle around where the main users interaction
will occur. Each of the glass spheres of the installation will control
different reactions from the piece, some will change the lighting, some will
affect the sound, and others the visually projected moving particles. This will
also help give the suggestion of a dance setting with music and flashing
lights.
The final format of this
piece will be an installation that will probably need close to the 12 square
feet, I want a 3.5ft space where the user will stand and have a semicircle of
glass spheres hanging from three different heights and layers from the ceiling
and three different heights and layers coming out of the floor as well. Around
23 glass sphere would be hanging from the ceiling and 15 attached to the floor.
There will also be a projection down onto the floor. These glass spheres will
be what controls the lights and sounds and projection objects that will move
around.
The equipment I will
need during production will be a MakeyMakey, LEDs, a projector, and a computer
for testing. I will also need the glass blowing studio. In the display I will
need a projector that is small and could be hung from the ceiling, the
MakeyMakey, a computer to run the program (maybe a Raspberry Pi), speakers, the
glass spheres, securely attached to the floor and ceiling, or on a frame.