by ALEX BEIM
Friday 26 June 2009
RESONANT MIGRATION
Here's an interesting concept - taking musicians and using devices to match where they are standing (or where the instrument is) and then having devices detect variables such as volume, pitch etc.
I'd like to see a full swing jazz band with this kind of setup creating insane compositions as they jam. Perhaps creating images like this.
I'd like to see a full swing jazz band with this kind of setup creating insane compositions as they jam. Perhaps creating images like this.
FUNKY FOREST
During my final year of university I researched a lot of visual and interactive design, which then led up to my Crazy Landscape project being produced. One piece that I found extremely inspiring based on the context of my work was 'Funky Forest'.
It was an interactive installation that consisted of a room with projections onto each face and the floor. When a person stood against the wall, a tree would appear in the shape that they made as they stood against the wall - for instance standing straight would create a fairly upright tree, whilst splaying your arms and at least one leg - dependant on how many legs you have as to whether this is possible - would create a tree with branches that splayed in a similar way.
Along the floor and up the entrance ribbons (like those you get at the back of old corner shops) was a stream of virtual water that could be guided towards the trees by standing in front of the stream. Some clever coding and detection here. Something I'd very much like to achieve myself one day...
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It was an interactive installation that consisted of a room with projections onto each face and the floor. When a person stood against the wall, a tree would appear in the shape that they made as they stood against the wall - for instance standing straight would create a fairly upright tree, whilst splaying your arms and at least one leg - dependant on how many legs you have as to whether this is possible - would create a tree with branches that splayed in a similar way.
Along the floor and up the entrance ribbons (like those you get at the back of old corner shops) was a stream of virtual water that could be guided towards the trees by standing in front of the stream. Some clever coding and detection here. Something I'd very much like to achieve myself one day...
(click image for more)TARATIEL
Some awesome work here that I discovered over a year ago but thought it was still worth blogging now.. The artist combines paint with a lot of 'found' objects to create some interesting installations. The shapes are quite free-form in their existence and appear almost doodle-like.
Truly beautiful...
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Truly beautiful...
(click image for more)Thursday 4 June 2009
SPLURGE!
I never blogged this after finishing it so I thought I'd do it now...
Here's a link to the posters that Harry Osbourne and I created for the reception area and editing suites at work. The editing suite ones sit at 140x100cm and the reception posters are a grid of 2x3x3 30x30cm panels. Don't worry you don't actually have to multiply anything there.
Here's a link to the posters that Harry Osbourne and I created for the reception area and editing suites at work. The editing suite ones sit at 140x100cm and the reception posters are a grid of 2x3x3 30x30cm panels. Don't worry you don't actually have to multiply anything there.
Monday 1 June 2009
MONSTERS!
Some awesome animations that involve some pretty neat tracking and well placed characters in the real world. These guys have done a load of them and have got their own site dedicated to the little critters...
Take a ganda.
Take a ganda.
GRAND IN YOUR HAND
Hurrah! My piece 'Grand in your Hand' is finally finished!
See it here
Vimeo
and here
Flickr
Commissioned by AMV BBDO in September 2008, 'Grand in your Hand' was initially intended as a piece to create awareness of the referral scheme that was taking place within BBDO. Simple idea - Refer someone to the company and receive £1000 if the person is given a contract.
The brief was to create an animation that would be sent around as a viral and an accompanying poster that encompassed the notion of finding a person to refer and then seeing them settle well into the company – the final execution is not too obvious (as to not offend the creative types) and not too abstract (so the suits could understand it!).
See it here
Vimeo
and here
Flickr
Commissioned by AMV BBDO in September 2008, 'Grand in your Hand' was initially intended as a piece to create awareness of the referral scheme that was taking place within BBDO. Simple idea - Refer someone to the company and receive £1000 if the person is given a contract.
The brief was to create an animation that would be sent around as a viral and an accompanying poster that encompassed the notion of finding a person to refer and then seeing them settle well into the company – the final execution is not too obvious (as to not offend the creative types) and not too abstract (so the suits could understand it!).
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