Update 3/27/17 - Final Steps and Set Up Process
fun pic of my time suffering/trying to learn:
Lots of code/coding, lots of iteration, but the most important thing ended up having it exist in a space together.
Since the written code was best suited for one person at a time, the space had to be altered to further imply that. The first thing I did was hang up curtains around the corner of the room by the isolation booth, sanctioning off where I’d be displaying everything.
Before any edits were made, the projector bled onto the wall. I ended up cheating by using masking tape over the lens to cover a portion of the projection.
The sign was simple trial and error, an orange rectangle in processing and text over it.You can see this in the second gif above. The text’s presence was triggered when the participant was caught viewing the video, and it faded as they came out of it.
The most important parts were getting the projectors set up and testing the range of motion the Kinect was able to detect. The projectors were slightly difficult as the space was so small. Projection mapping using processing was an interesting challenge as well.
The code had to be altered to project on the small screen which is better seen below. At first, the videos were playing in the top left corner of the sketch as a preliminary measure. Their x, y positions and width, height were edited based on where the projection overlaid the screen.
The first gif above shows the placement of the projectors and the code meant to test the Kinect’s detection capabilities. The ellipse placement was tested in a bounding box to trigger the second set of gifs, which show the change in media from an intimate scene to a surveillance video. This was meant to express the concepts of intimacy and voyeurism which had developed alongside my limitations and understandings of my perceptions.
It was definitely an interesting and fun process. I succeeded in creating a cohesive scene that speaks to intimate relationships and visibility. In the future, I’d want to alter where the projectors are, as well as the animation on the text. I think the interaction was confusing to some and not as fluid. I wanted there to be more of a system - more changes over time. Perhaps an overlay of the surveillance capture and the video below it.
In the future, I plan to use the Kinect more and get it to track multiple presences, which could do a lot in terms of keeping this installation changing / growing / interesting over time.
Cutting the stencils out for the sign.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer created a piece called Make Out, which takes the silhouette of the audience member to show videos of people kissing. This is an interaction I wanted to consider-- the shape of the individuals present changing how much is seen. It would be powerful to have things gravitate to or away from their images.
I found some links I’m going to read later for Kinect development. [x][x].
I went to Home Depot and bought some spray paint. I painted over the base of the sign orange, then yellow, then orange again and repainted the black borders. It will have the following poem on it:
(absolutely no entry beyond this point)
It's bad enough you heard me sing in the shower
But then you heard me say your name in my sleep
I'm still embarrassed over
How I woke up and instinctively said I love you
Please don't judge me for knowing how I feel
But I will never make that mistake again
I want the projections to be on the ceiling, influencing users to have to lay down in order to view them. This has intimate implications and will hopefully make the viewers feel more “lose” or free. The angling of the projections also makes it difficult to look at the media, mirroring how individuals will go out of their way to engage, view, or participate in public sexual acts.
Ideally, in the left video (which simulates public stimulation) the sketch will be obscured until the presence of an audience is detected. The greater amount of people present, the less obfuscation.
In the right video (which simulates private intimacy) the sketch will play automatically, but will be obscured behind the sign. Audience members will have to either peep through holes in the sign or cracks, depending on where it’s placed, or they will have to go up to it. When the presence of one or more individuals is detected, it will begin to be obscured. The greater the density of the audience, the quicker it will be obscured.
I tested layered projections because I am interested in the concept of transparency and layers.
I’m trying to make some art to explore concepts related to sex, including boundaries and kinks. I want to explore the relationship of public and private sex. The relationships I will create with technology will consider how “shameful” or “wrong” ways to have sex develop out of society creating a “correct” standard for sex, which alienates queer activities.
This sketch illustrates the concept loosely.
Here are some inspirations:
Mirror Box, by Milo Moire ( “ At the same time the reflections of the spectators on the mirrored box become a symbol for the roll exchange from the voyeur to the watched. A constant backlash similar to our role in the digital world.” )
Annie Sprinkle (“Sprinkle's work has always been about sexuality, with a political, spiritual, and artistic bent. In December 2005, she committed to doing seven years of art projects about love with her art collaborator and eventual wife, Beth Stephens. They called this their Love Art Laboratory. Part of their project was to do an experimental art wedding each year, and each year had a different theme and color. Sprinkle and Stephens have done fifteen art weddings, eleven with ecosexual themes. They married the Earth, Sky, Sea, Moon, Appalachian Mountains and the Sun in six different countries.”)
Jean-Luc Godard’s film Breathless, which portrays romance on a macro scale, focusing on lips and teeth, and the more human qualities of bodies touching.
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