Design for Interaction

Design for Interaction

Further research for this brief has led me to these gems recently.
In a similar vein to Mike Blow's Machines for Singing, i noticed this from David Byrne, an installation where devices are attached to various parts of a disused paint factory, which were controlled to produce vibrations, turning the whole building into a playable musical instrument.

The Art of Surveillance , Wired's images from various installations and art projects around the globe which explore the theme of always being watched.

The Khronos Projector has been used in interactive art installations, it's an interesting device which allows viewers to explore pre-recorded video footage by touching the screen, which makes the film move through time in a water-like ripple effect.

This is impressive stuff , and i wonder how it would work with the sound being affected by the interaction of the user as well. This could potentially produce echo effects similar to dub music. Large installations inside clubs could produce good interactive art/music events.


This concept of making a dub version of video footage reminded me of Jeff Noon (novelist/poet i mentioned in a previous post). He thought about applying the same production methods of dub music, to those of writing a novel. His leftfield book Cobralingus he take various written works and feed them into his 'cobralingus engine' to mutate, sample and remix them into pieces with new a different meaning. It's an interesting idea, -the pieces turn into poem like creations, very weird. He applied this style in an online novel/writing game - mappalujo, co-written with Steve Beard. This idea of remixing text is worth more research.