Heard, An Experimenta Commissioned Artwork
by Melissa Ramos and Rhys Turner
Heard is an interactive installation where you become a character and have conversations while exploring online spaces, the avatar and social interaction through 3D spatial sound and emerging technologies such as Augmented Reality Flash and C Programming.
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Heard is an interactive artwork exploring cultural and social views through sophisticated tracking technology in virtual as well as physical space. This work explores ideas around online social networking environments and how the proliferation of these spaces effect the way by which people relate and interact with one another.
The artwork invites audiences to wear a wireless digital headpiece and ‘become’ one of the characters they see on screen. They then physically explore the installation space as well as a virtual environment, which is projected onto the wall in front of them. As they walk around the space, they listen to the musings of the character they have chosen to ‘become’: a little girl, an elderly lady or a young doctor. These characters (through a pre-recorded script created by writers each assuming one of the characters) reflect upon their ideals, values, hopes and dreams. The whimsical exchange between characters is based on everyday moments and activities. When there is more than one person in the space, a conversation between characters is triggered when people approach one another. This conversation can be heard through the headpieces as well as seen in text that appears on the projected screen.
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© Melissa Ramos and Rhys Turner - Heard :: An Experimenta Commissioned Artwork
Heard is an interactive artwork exploring cultural and social views through progressive and emerging technological phenomena. It's a snap shot of a dynamically shifting paradigm in which Apple and in particular the iPod plays a significant role. We wish to use this technology and cultural movement as a key part of our artwork.
Heard is an interactive artwork using sophisticated tracking technology called Augmented Reality (AR) in the virtual and physical space.
The artwork invites audiences to wear a wireless digital costume, or interface, then explore the installation space and virtual environment. When viewers come close I each other the avatar they have chosen begins to speak through the Wireless sound device and headphones. The conversations are randomly selected from a prerecorded sound bank written by each character’s writer, and present what they are passionate about. The types of characters and how they all converse and connect with each other all come from different ages and backgrounds.
Within the installation space there are hiden micro-narrative or cookies that when the viewers find them or each other a story unfolds.
© Melissa Ramos and Rhys Turner - Heard :: An Experimenta Commissioned Artwork
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