Just Thoughts

This caught my attention as I entered Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum. This exhibition is in Porter Gallery from 08/12/2009 to 11/04/2010. It is not free, 5 pounds for adults and 4 pounds for students My lucky day.

The gallery displays different design/art work that is derived from technology. The artists used different tools to make their pieces interact, whether be it sensors, evolving programs, cameras, Internet and social networks, web applications, etc.

As you enter, these fiber optic are filled on both sides of the entrance and light up and make sound when touched. I made up this name for them, because they remind me of fiber optic cables, but maybe they have motion sensors they light up when moved and depending on speed and direction of movement, sound is formed.

Below are graphics representations which are sensitive to sound, I tried whistling

With this piece you can move around dimensional graphics which ever way you want.

These screen display time from pictures uploaded by Internet users that represent numbers.

This one uses twitter data to form conversations based on a word you type in its search box using a wii console.

I took the shot before realizing what those pictures were, the piece is called Make-out. They are making out scenes from the Internet and they start making out when you move in front of them!

The one below, enables you to paint using your hands, just moving them around.

This piece interacts to your presence, just like a mirror, notice how the pieces change colour to form my head

In this piece, an object moves around, until it bumps into you, your casting shadow and sprinkles rain

Pick up the blow dryer, point and blow away

With the touch screen, choose a location and it’ll start recording and displaying the video.

These are organisms that hide under the sand, once you brush off the sand and expose them, they move to another location and hide under the sand.

There was this one piece, where in an area they’ve installed sound sensors and mapped the data and you can see the live interaction. Also, some kind of crystal cylinder that forms words from what the sensors pick up off one of the streets.

It is really amazing and because it is dark, I couldn’t take that many pictures and I’m not sure if I understood all the pieces but they were magnificent, I really love this. There are so many others that I didn’t mention, if you have the chance to go have a look, don’t miss it.