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Hug@ree PopUp Setup
Posted by: Mónica Mendes in Exhibitions Hug@ree Interactive installations PhD research RTiVISS 14 years, 2 months ago
Here's some more iterations on the Hug@ree interactive installation tests and implementation for Pop Up for Pop Up Lisbon 2010.
This time, me and Pedro went to the Pop Up City venue Palácio de Santa Catarina (officially, "Palácio de Verride" ;)) for the most diverse final arrangements prior to the last days before the opening.
Take a look at the Hug@ree PopupSetup Flickr set for this stage, where you will get a comprehensive photo report on the work done and have a glympse of what is to come... more soon! :)
B-wind! @ O Espaço do Tempo v1.0
Posted by: Mónica Mendes in B-wind Exhibitions Interactive installations PhD research RTiVISS System architecture 14 years, 4 months ago
This is the first major release of the RTiVISS experience B-wind!, just in time for the AZ Labs exhibition @ O Espaço do Tempo. It reflects the work done over the two residency periods, and adaptations to fit available resources and space during the installation setup.
V1.0 includes multiple projection screens, inviting visitors to flow across the installation space. It uses available wired local network to cut back streaming video latency and an updated fan control code to use an Arduino-based DMX controller for the array of fans. We also set up a camera to capture the installation space and broadcast it live online for project documentation and remote maintenance.
Since the exhibition space is part of a convent surrounded by trees inside the walls of a castle, we managed to set up the remote location part of the installation just outside the exhibition space. This allowed us to optimize resource use — wired ethernet, power cables and DMX control equipment — and to make sure that sensitive equipment, like the IP camera, was kept inside the exhibition space at all times.
Having the two spaces so close together had an interesting effect. The fans rotating outside aroused curiosity that brought people to experience the interactive installation, and the experience of controlling a space so close by inspired people to go outside and see the trees and the fans working.
Now the exhibition is over but B-wind! development doesn't stop here, we still have a loads of information to process (ouch!).
The whole development experience was very intense and we certainly learned a lot from it. We also got some very good information from the feedback of installation users, and from the video recordings of their interactions.
We're already hard at work, improving the project for future presentations » Stay tuned for the upcoming B-wind 2.0!
Restless minds at MoMA
Posted by: Mónica Mendes in Exhibitions PhD research UT-Austin Portugal Program 14 years, 9 months ago
Flying back to Portugal, I got the opportunity to stay for a few days at Newark stopover, inevitably visiting MoMA ;)). Another unmissable experience, not only for revisiting the permanent exhibition masterpieces at a glance, but especially for the two temporary exhibitions – Marina Abramovic and Tim Burton. The exhibitions were both tremendous, conceived by restless creative minds, but absolutely contrasting!
On the upper floor, the controversial new performance proposals by Marina Abramovic, where the human bodies "incarnate" live sculptures – the artist included, for she is there for real at the ground floor during the whole exhibition, an ubiquitous presence – see it by yourself, live online! Shocking at first sight, nobody gets indifferent with such strong messages.
On the ground floor, the fantastic surreal worlds inhabited by creatures brought to life through the drawn lines of Tim Burton, showcasing colorful sketches, sculptures and animations – frantic, I can tell!