Instants of Metamorphosis // technical description

Technical Description // Installed in a dark room measuring 5 m x 6m, 5m high, Instants of Metamorphosis 01, consists in a wooden irregular volumetric sculpture measuring 4m x 3m. A computer-controlled video down projection falls directly onto the volumes, skinning it in real time in response to sensed movements of the audience, combining in a subject-sculpture the physical and the virtual dimensions. The movements are captured by a wide angle web camera, allowing real time responsiveness to the work. Using motion and color tracking, the camera input is processed using the library JMyron on Processing 1.0.3. The libraries that are being used are JMyron, Minim,Processing.Video and Fullscreen.

When one moves in the region covered by the camera lens caption, climbing the volumetric sculpture, the Processing code allows to load and play a movie file in loop the video performance , stamping the frames of the video onto the sculpture skin, like frozen memories, instants of metamorphosis of the self. Playing in loop the sound of someone breathing deeply and slowly, four-speakers surround the structure, creating a spatial sound environment.

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