Yes, indeed, Engadget.com said it correctly, this isn’t the newest idea around, but very well executed: The Sensacell reactive floor installation at the Comunitat Valenciana in Spain is a beauty, super reactive and very flat in construction. I could see myself spending hours playing around with this thing. Make sure not only to check out the video below, but also the Sensacell Website, which shows detailed product information and application examples.
via Engadget
Nicolas Büchi, a student from Swizzerland (University of Art and Design in Zurich) used a tank of water to create a kind of display. There are 16 user-controlled SMB valves that release air into the tank to create bubbles. These valves are controlled with sensors build into smaller water-tanks. The idea is not new but I like the realisation. Have a look at http://theliquiddisplay.com/ for a few more pictures.
the liquid display - a physical interactive installation from nicolas büchi on Vimeo.
Great showreel by Andreas Gysin e Sidi Vanetti showing mostly artsy installations. Everything is very reduced and minimal but with a strong impact on the visual nerves. But what I like best is their interpretation of a “Swatch” watch.
An installation comprising 714 metallic balls suspended in air and moving up and down. Sounds simple enough but after watching the video (do yourself a favor and turn down the music! Don’t say, I didn’t warn you!) I was really impressed. The patterns created and the smoothness of the motion are really impressive!
On a separate note to all guitar heroes fans who own a Commodore 64. Watch this: Shredz64. Forget rock tracks, playing the Zelda theme song is much cooler!
David Byrne converted the Great Hall of the former lower Manhattan ferry terminal into a gigantic musical instrument.
Playing the Building is Byrne’s latest sonic innovation, and morphs the century-old Battery Maritime Building into a clanging, vibrating sound sculpture. A retrofitted, antique organ that acts as the control station for the musical instrument. In this installation, the former Talking Heads co-founder blurs the boundaries between the creators and consumers of culture. He explains:
“Devices [have been] attached to the building’s structure — to the metal beams and pillars, the heating pipes, the water pipes — and are used to make these things produce sound. The activations are of three types: wind, vibration, striking. The devices cause the building elements to vibrate, resonate and oscillate so that the building itself becomes a very large musical instrument.”
Playing the Building continues through August 10, 2008 at 10 South Street, New York, NY; open every Friday through Sunday, noon - 6pm. Admission is free of charge.
Very often you are challenged to create high impact visuals with an unappropriate budget. I guess Peter Felzman from Monte Video is pretty familiar with these requests. He did a decent job for a permanent exhibition at the Admont monastery and created a virtual room housing a video sphere. This may be trivia for some of you vvvv-geeks, but surprisingly he achieved this effect by just using rear projection and four pyramidal arranged mirrors.
Long live simplicity!!
