NON-EXISTENT SILENCE, Responsive art system
This system features a virtual character projected onto a large box covered with white elastane. Microphones are placed in the room of the exhibit to capture the variations in noise levels, which influence the character’s behavior. During the noisiest period, a mechanism of steel rods inside the box force the fabric outwards creating a three-dimensional simulation of the character trying to push itself out of the confined space. Both the movement of the structure and the video sequences visually communicate the concept of a call to silence.

Year of creation: 2001
Technique: video projector, mini mac, Max-Msp/Jitter,
arduino processor, infrared sensors,
speakers, wooden box, robotic structure (screen).
Dimensions: Robotic structure (screen): 38 ” X 28 ” x 16″ inches
Dark space mininum: 15 (L) x 10 (w) x 11 (h) feet

Exhibitions

• Sculpture Union 413. Harwood Art Center. Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, June 2002.
  http://harwoodartcenter.org/ss/
• Elsewhere International Exhibition. Montreal, Canada, May, 2002.

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Non-Existent Silence, Interactive Video System