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Picidae Chorus

Vancouver is a city close to nature but also at the leading edge of technology. Blending the two, Tangible Intervention was commissioned by the city of Vancouver to create a public artwork for Stanley Park to celebrate the city's 125th birthday.

Reflection:

This design is to imitate the woodpecker behavior. in the distance, park visitors hear woodpeckers familiar summer sound. But when they approached, looked up to the canopy, they see the birds perched, the bird is "Picidae Chorus".

The "Picidae Chorus" is very dynamic, light and sound installation in a small forest space,From each sound is unique , and they work together to create a wonderful choir and a visual spectacle , bringing mechanical life.

Technology can be integrated into nature, i find it interesting. Whether or mechanical, human and animal life is like repetitive movement behavior,keep repeating as if to expres the existence of life.

Sound  is also a way to convey a message,woodpecker pecking wood its unique sound, but also a metaphor, like the summer is about to come, anyway i feel that the environmental awareness of this product, if human still hew trees,in the future we can't hear the crisp and beautiful woodpecker sound.  

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Seed Of Truce for 2010 Winter Olympic Games

'Seed Of Truce' is a public art project installed at the Vancouver Public Library during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. It was commissioned by the Governor General of Canada & CODE Live.

Visitors wrote a thought for peace on paper, folded it, attached a small, blinking LED light before sending the 'seed' up a vacuum tube into the library rafters. Thousands of pulsing messages eventually came to rest in a high slung net creating an emotive artwork that grew in size with each very personal contribution.

Reflection:

I like this Seed Of Truce for 2010 Winter Olympic Games, becase this produced is Very similar a  "Wishing Tree in Tai Po, Hong Kong".Give me a cordial feeling!

The 'Seed Of Truce' are produced by the tangible an interactive public art installation at the Vancouver Public Library.

Since the paper on air same a pigeons, so that encourage people to think about how they can help achieve peace. Visitors to write their thoughts on paper, a small cut on it before folding origami style, flashing white LED lights.

The 'seeds' and then shot through a tube into a library rafters slowly fluttered down from there, in the above library atrium filled with thousands of other participants in the pulse message hatchback net gently resting.

This work is emotional contribution from each individual. This is a true collective memories. This is a strong reminder to strive for peace, need to be involved, action and imagination.

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Interactive DUNE 4.1 in Maastunnel by Roosegaarde    (Netherlands)

studioroosegaarde.net - DUNE 4.1 enhances social interactions in the public pedestrian Maastunnel, commissioned by the Rotterdam City of Architecture.

With its upgraded embedded technologies, this enlarged interactive artwork reacts to the sounds and motions of the people daily passing by. Dune 4.1 is a sensual layer of interaction over the existing architecture of the Maastunnel in Rotterdam, NL.

Reflection:

In the film, designers placed some grass-like light emitting devices in the luminous "tunnel". It is a kind of reaction of social interaction. This kind of interaction works of art detects the sound and movement of people when they pass every day. After detected any touching or sound, the interactive installations will give an appropriate response. This is an experience of life and culture. In everyday life, walking in a tunnel will make people feel tedious, lengthy, tired and hopeless. Therefore, the designers designed this glass-like interactive device and placed it into the boring tunnel. So that, the tunnel becomes full of vibrant and joy. We can imagine how people would be delighted when they walk into this “tunnel”. Grass is the earth, reminiscent of nature. Nature always gives us a comfortable feeling. A evident comparison is formed between nature and the cold tunnel. Plus the attraction of lighting, the whole design makes people feels more interesting and attractive, forming an interaction between the design and people.

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Urban Interactions(Germany)

STREETPONG

Streetpong is a concept about playful urban interactions by Sandro Engel and Holger Michel.

Reflection:

Life is always boring and pragmatic, can it be able to bring the game into real life? Street culture designer is the starting point , the traffic lights are a source of inspiration.   Never thought about life can be as a game. From the design, we can figure out how they think about living, their thought of culture of life. They feel that life is too depressing. They think the time spent on waiting traffic lights is too long. Since they love to play game, so they combine all the the reasons above, then use the current most widely used touch-screen technology, to develop this interactive installation. The interesting thing of this interactive installation is that you can also make friends with people who you may not know while you ar playing together, it becomes an interactive effect. The interactive designs which I usually watch have relatively more artistic sense, less practicality. But this one has really surprised me when I first saw it., This interactive design can show me that technology can definitely come into our life without boring it. Moreover, sometimes, technology can bring us interests.

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CLOUD: An Interactive Sculpture Made from 6,000 Light Bulbs

CLOUD is a large-scale interactive sculpture created from 6,000 light bulbs (new and burnt out) by Canadian artists Caitlind r.c. Brown & Wayne Garrett. The piece utilizes everyday domestic light bulbs and pull strings, re-imagining their potential to create wonder and inspire collaboration. As part of the process of creating the sculpture, the artists collected burnt out incandescent light bulbs from the surrounding community, forging an informal relationship with non-artists, reducing costs, and asking audiences to reconsider household items in an alternative context. During exhibition, viewers interact with CLOUD by initiating impromptu collaborations, working as a collective to turn the entire sculpture on and off.

Reflection:

First, I think the starting point of the interactive design by designer “cloud” is very good. It is because he started at environmentally friendly way, using deprecated bulbs in community for the interactive design. It inspires audience to think about the issue of environmental household goods protection in another way. It brings the environmental information to all. Also, there is no light outdoor, light is produced unless people rely on each other together to pull the shackles. It looks like telling people that unity is strength and hope. In the film, we saw that when people perfunctorily pull the shackles, the light will soon be no. Everyone scream and be scared. Later, when we pulled the shackles together, the light glows. Everyone cheer. This shows that cooperation between people can produce power. It also shows that light represents joy and hope. However, there are still some disadvantages of the design. "Cloud" is placed outdoor and using lots of light-emitting bulbs. Light bulbs will produce lots of heat during lighting. If it rains, the hot light bulbs may explode because they are suddenly cooled down by rain drops, which will be very dangerous. Therefore, security issues should be considered before exhibition or change the inhibition to indoor instead of outdoor.