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For the re-launch of Microsoft’s Windows Live platform, Firstborn was approached by Emmy Award Winning studio Digital Kitchen and Wexley School for Girls to create a generative art exhibition to be projected onto a seven-story sphere located at New York’s South Street Seaport.Microsoft teamed up with Operation Smile and as part of the event there were numerous kiosks at the Seaport for visitors to get their smile captured and have it projected on the sphere. Using Processing, Firstborn was able to create particle generated art, which was projected on the sphere.

The images that were used in the installation were fed live from photobooths around the outside of the area. Patrons would see their own photographs used in the overall exhibition.

You can see a fantastic case-study on Firstborn’s website here.

You can view videos of my final box in action as a singular entity and in an array with these links from youTube
singular | multi

Even with the light sensor sensitivity set to 950, the box was collecting too much light and creating sound. You can view the script below:

/* LOOP */
if(touchSensor==HIGH){
rotation = !rotation;
delay(20);
}
if ((millis()-lastBlink)>100) {
lastBlink = millis();
lampState = !lampState;
digitalWrite(lampPin,lampState);
}
if(soundSensor==HIGH){
if (rotation) {
rotateClockwise(25);
} else {
rotateAntiClockwise(25);
}
}

break;
}

The script that I proposed for my box will:

• rotate the box slowly, touch sensor will increase speed of rotation
• light and speaker will activate alternatively.
• when sound is detected the light will flash faster
• when light is detected the speaker will sound faster and at a hight pitch

Before you even read on any further have a look at this youtube video of the object.

The Cloud, by UK based Troika, is a installation for British Airways in the new Heathrow Terminal 5. The completely CNC fabricated 5m long struture is clad in no less than 4638 flip-dots, which were traditionally used in the 70’s and 80’s on public signs at train stations and airports. The visual and audio qualities that over 4000 mirror discs have as the flip individual are completely reminiscent of travel, and are perfectly suited for the entry to the luxury lounge of the terminal.

Each of the flip-dots are individually computer controlled, programmable by processing. The dots are individually connected to one of two solid state electronic drives, which in turn are linked to 134 smaller distribution boards within the object. In total, almost 5000m of wiring is hidden beneath the clouds glimmering surface.

There is also a great video of the installation process on youtube here.

After 11 days in Tassie and a whole lot of flying I’m back in Barcelona, ready to take on the new year and the new semester.

We received our class allocations today and i got almost all the ones that i wanted which is great. So for the next 8 weeks or so I will be studying the following:

Research Studio - Digital Techtonics
Seminar 1 - Internet zero
Seminar 2 - Parametric Design
Seminar 3 - Scripting (rhinoscript)
Seminar 4 - Complex Systems