Posts filed in ‘INTERACTION DESIGN’
BREATH CAR
Nice use of the Yamaha MIDI breath controller to make the breath car do three point turns and other fancy maneuvers using your breath.
Irvine Brown has then had the breathing directions of these maneuvers translated into musical notation. (dynamics, tempo, duration of notes, phrasing, breath marks - but no key or pitch). Even a movement of a Hummel trumpet concerto has also been transcribed as a track layout.
MAGIC FLUTE
This is the cutest video - it shows the first time the magic flute was played by Glenn, a young boy with limited arm movement. The breath controller changes pitch as it is tilted, quite intuitively it would seem, as Glenn lifts his head the pitch increases.
STAR WARS MIC
This simple microphone, used as a breath controller, modifies the volume of the keyboard with real sensitivity. Quite Kenny G-esque actually. May the force be with him!
TAMPOPO BREATH CONTROLLED INSTALLATION
[ http://www.kentaroyamada.com/works_tampopo.php ]
Trying to launch all the seeds of a dandelion into the air with a single breath is a common experience most people can relate to, especially as a nostalgic activity recalled from childhood. Blowing dandelions is a simple action that occupies folklore in many cultures and is often a metaphor for ‘making a wish’.
Tampopo (Japanese for dandelion) is an interactive video installation where viewers are able to interact with the projector screen by blowing. It also creates echoed blowing sounds in the space, creating a mystical experience of blowing giant dandelions. In this work, the microphone acts not only as a metaphor between the real and virtual, but also creates a simple sculptural interface between the user and the screen. It acts like a conduit from one world to another while the work becomes a portal to the mystical domain of myth, memories and youthful emotions.
In a multi-screen setup, viewers can interact with other viewers by blowing each other’s dandelions, as each microphone input affects not only one but other dandelions through the use of multi-user networking system. This multi-user capability could be used over the internet, blowing each other’s dandelions from remote locations.
Kentaro would like to thank Takeshi Shimada from SNAP Japan, a collaborator on this project. Without his special talent, this project couldn’t be realized.
Exhibitions
Share Prize, Turin Italy March 2008
Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland New Zealand Nov 28 2007
RAMP Gallery Hamilton, New Zealand Oct 7 - 28 2005 [Link]
RM103 Gallery, Auckland New Zealand 29 Jun - 9 Jul 2005
Awards
Share Prize 2008 Finalist (Winner to be announced March 2008) [Link]
2005 TUANZ Interactive Awards Experimental Category Winner
Articles
Contemporary Art of Science and Technology, Page 407, ISBN:978-7-03-020415-8
Waikato Times Oct 2005
DE PROXÉMICA
DANDELION LIGHT
The "Secret Of Light" lamp responds to your breath mimicking the delicate flower of the dandelion weed. Where you blow on it the yellow lights gently fade. Turn it on by gently shaking it.
It was created by designers Qin Xue, Cao iXiaoxiao & Wei Hangshuai.
BREATH SCARF
Hilary Hayes’ ‘The Breathe Project’ reminds us to focus on the delicacy of life by lighting up each and every time you breathe.
BREATHE TABLE
It senses each person's breathing via a newly designed breath sensor, a make micro-controller and netConnect software.
The table acts not only as a display but also as the source of light in an otherwise dark room, so you can see yourself in the light of your collective breathing.
BOIJAMS MUSEUM ESPRESSOBAR
My favourite is his espressobar in Beuningen Museum Rotterdam where he uses optical software in the ceiling to read and interpret words that appear on the magazines and brochures left by patrons on the tables of the cafe, and transforms them into ceiling ornaments that word by word grow over the days and weeks, fed by the words on the table.