Project Details
YEAR 2018
LOCATION SAIC LeRoy Neiman Center 36 S Wabash, Chicago, IL
EXHIBITION Dataviz Collaborative 2018
About
ENVIRONMENT EXTENSION #2: LeRoy Neiman Center is a passively interactive kinetic light sculpture.
Movement, depth, and color information are sourced in real-time as people navigate The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s LeRoy Neiman Center.
TOOLS
TouchDesigner Microsoft Kinect
Canon REALiS WUX450ST Projector
Scope
Discovery
Hardware consultation
Curatorial consultation
Prototyping & previs
Design
Site-specific architectural integration
Motion & form
Integrated and unobtrusive installation
Development
Optimization
Real-time data visualization
Motion & behavior
Testing
Positional tracking
Parameterization
Hardware auditioning
/w=1920,quality=90,fit=scale-down)
Visualizing Presence.
As a disruption to the accepted aesthetic and content of “data visualization”, Environment Extension #2 is not a representation of a recorded dataset, but rather an expression of a real-time relationship of cause and effect.
Our biofields - the energy emitted by the body - displace matter as we move through space. Our bodies become the data as Environment Extension #2 visualizes our presence; the ripples we make.
/w=1920,quality=90,fit=scale-down)
/w=1920,quality=90,fit=scale-down)
Process & Development
/w=1920,quality=90,fit=scale-down)