(2016) Interactive Sculpture. Optical fibers, leds, raspberry pi, arduino & custom software.
Please, touch me. Unlike other artworks that we are advised to keep distance, this sculpture invites you to touch it. With reference to the ancient cycladic idols, this black head is standing dark, like an extraterrestrial visitor, waiting for an encounter. In response, it will emit cold blue and violet light through hundreds optical fibers that are fitted in its surface. At the same time a soundscape will be generated based on the movements of the hands that are touching the sculpture. As the visitor interacts and get connected with the artwork, a special algorithm is calculating the amount of engagement and transforms the lights to warmer red and orange colors.
“Touch me” is a metaphor on human and technology relationship. It is trying to explore the difficulties of human-machine interaction. A simple interaction like touch is sometimes very difficult to achieve. People may hesitate to touch the sculpture (especially in a gallery-exhibition environment). When they finally do it, some may feel uncomfortable by the sculpture reaction and other may feel attracted and charmed. After so many interactive devices that surround us in everyday life, how used are we in a human-machine interaction?
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Meet “Touch Me” rival sculpture, “Don’t Touch Me”. |
Festivals & Exhibitions:
• Sztuka do rzeczy, Krakow, Poland (November 29, 2019)• Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos”, Spata, Greece (May 27, 2019)
• Fotonica, Rome, Italy (December 07, 2018)
• SPECTRA 2018, Aberdeen, United Kingdom (February 08, 2018)
• ENLIGHTEN Bury Festival of Light and Sound, Bury, United Kingdom (October 20, 2017)
• 4th HMO International HerMa Conference, Elefsina, Greece (September 22, 2017)
• Athens Digital Arts Festival 2017, Athina , Greece (May 18, 2017)
• Riders on the Mall (ROM), Budapest, Hungary (March 30, 2017)
• Caerphilly Castle, Lumen Prize Global Tour, Caerphilly , United Kingdom (November 23, 2016)
• The Winns Gallery, London, London, United Kingdom (November 16, 2016)
• 2016-17 Lumen Prize Winners' Gala, London, London, United Kingdom (September 29, 2016)
Photos
Touch Me at 2016-17 Lumen Prize Winners’ Gala & Exhibition at Hackney House, London.
Photos from Lumen Prize Global Tour 2016-2017
