Pixelsumo is a blog about interaction, with an emphasis on play, installation, video game culture, playgrounds and toys. Written by Chris O'Shea.
Hand from Above
Posted October 13th 2009 under Computer Vision, Installations, MovingImage, Urban Space, openFrameworks
I have just posted some documentation of my latest work, Hand from Above.
Hand From Above encourages us to question our normal routine when we often find ourselves rushing from one destination to another. Inspired by Land of the Giants and Goliath, we are reminded of mythical stories by mischievously unleashing a giant hand from the BBC Big Screen. Passers by will be playfully transformed. What if humans weren’t on top of the food chain?
Unsuspecting pedestrians will be tickled, stretched, flicked or removed entirely in real-time by a giant deity.
Hand from Above is a joint co-commission between FACT: Foundation for Art & Creative Technology and Liverpool City Council for BBC Big Screen Liverpool and the Live Sites Network. It premiered during the inaugural Abandon Normal Devices Festival.
Written using openFrameworks & openCV.
Comments
(October 13th 2009)
Great piece! Love your work. Hope to see it in person sometime.
(October 15th 2009)
Dude, as always some absolutely amazing work! Really incredible - congratulations!
(October 19th 2009)
Great piece Chris!
(October 21st 2009)
fantastic, really great piece. nice to see one of those screens being used for something other than showing the news
(October 27th 2009)
That is a nice piece of work. Bound to brighten up many commuters days, and is certainly a refreshing change from the doom and gloom of news.