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float routine,
2001 screen interface
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fur,
2001
screen interface |
shiver,
2001
screen interface |
fur
station, 2001
custom built computers original soundwork FibreOptic Touch Sensitive Pad |
shiver
station, 2001
custom built computers
original soundwork
FibreOptic Touch Sensitive Pad |
float
routine station, 2001
custom built computers
original soundwork
FibreOptic Touch Sensitive Pad |
Art
Gallery of Sudbury
installation view, 2001/2 |
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Part
game, part machine-dream
these
reconfigured digital environments invoke a new involvement
with computers and interactive technology. Skin and fur interfaces
wiggle and erupt into
pixelated landscapes becoming both spacial and body referent. Populated
by computer
generated 3d characters and audio elements which are activated exclusively
by touch,
the player 'enters' the space by using flat panel monitors, headphones
and
pressure-sensitive input devices.
Programming code is the silent partner in these works. Sophisticated
algorithms allow a
viscosity not normally associated with the point and click world
of computers.
Detailed movements and pressure of multi-finger touch are tracked
as XY and Z coordinates.
You interact with and, in essence, create 'vignettes' by 'calling
upon' sound arrays and
animated characters.
No two experiences are alike.
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Each
station consists of
custom built computer
custom built XML socket
customized programming modules
original composition and soundwork
3d rendered and animated characters
interface design
TACTEX controls touch-sensitive input skins
steel stand
flat panel lcd
How
it Works
see below (keep scrolling)
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touch
sensitve fibre optic skins >>>
the technology
courtesy of the wonderful
scentists and engineers at TACTEX CONTROLS |

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optic touchpad |

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optic touchpad |

fibre
optic touchpad |
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Custom
Built Computers
the works are
processor intensive
1.4 Ghz custom
machines are needed
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How
it Works
Touch sensitive pad reacts immediately to your touch.
You press and rub the pad
and we gather those coordinates in the form of X, Y
and Z numbers.
When you press - up to 8 fingers at once
- on the pad, you begin to activate SOUND, INTERFACE
WIGGLING, and animated CHARACTERS appear and
follow your finger movements.
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contact the artist:
Michelle Gay
Toronto, CANADA
1.416.516.9842
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Other
work by Michelle Gay >>>
Battle
Game, 2002 (Bayeux Tapestry redrawn with Quake war
game Programming code) |
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