Interactive Video Projection
This site specific installation was created for the Repurpose Show, a collaborative Multi-media installation that took place at the Arts Building in Auburn, California. This interactive video projection was developed with the collaboration of Mark Mellor, a programmer, and physical computing enthusiast.
This interactive video projection is operated by a Parallax BASIC Stamp, with a program developed by Mark Mellor written in BASIC. This micro controller module controls an array of six ultrasonic sensors (PING) . The BASIC Stamp communicates to a VB6 program running on a PC. The VB6 program received commands from the BASIC Stamp to select, play, and pause six different video clips.
To interact with the projection, the viewers control the flow of the six videos by hovering their hand over each screen. In order to enhance the lightness experienced by controlling the piece with the absence of touch, the materials used to make the structure also depicted a light and translucent appearance.
In order to celebrate the theme for the Repurpose Show, the footage used for this installation was composed of rejected/selected pieces of video interviews of the the eight artist participating in the group installation.
Interactive Video Projection, 2012. Single video channel, sound, sensors, micro controller, plexiglas, drafting paper, metal wire.
