Shadow Gnomes, 2002-2003, Reactive Animations
Shadow Gnomes, 2003, Ben Buchwald and Sarah Hatton, reactive animations, presented at You Are (Not) Here, The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh PA also presented at FLUX Pittsburgh: Oakland!
Video of Shadow Gnomes
Shadow Gnomes from Sarah Hatton on Vimeo.
Shadow Gnomes was inspired by the writings of Myron Kreuger. It is an interactive installation that uses shadow tracking and original animations and sounds to give participants the feeling that small fantastical creatures are licking their shadows. Participants have a sense of control over the creatures as if they were touching them. As a collaborative project between a scientist and an artist, Shadow Gnomes was very successful. The installation was presented twice, once at a campus-wide public event and once at a citywide tri-annual art, multi-media, and music event called Flux Pittsburgh.
Tools, scripts, software, equipment and ephimera:
computer vision and shadow tracking software by Ben Buchwald, original sounds and animations by Sarah Hatton, computer, projector
a participant tries Shadow Gnomes
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