Semiautomata

 

I designed this installation in order to research how a futuristic technology can be employed to produce imagery. The experimental heart of this interactive space, a self-made multi-touch screen, is a collaborative tool, tactile toy and visual laboratory rolled into one.

The project was exhibited several times and has been met with an enthusiastic reception by the audience. It stands to demonstrate how technology would ideally stimulate everyone's willingness to experiment – be it a child, a designer, or any other person – since it can render previously tedious tasks more humane. For instance: ornamental complexity. People interacting with the piece can manipulate digital designs on the table with their bare hands and the assistance of metaphorical (yet physical) everyday items. What they do is instantly repeated as a pattern on the walls, empowering them to dynamically alter the atmosphere of their surroundings.

A utopia: The digital should offer us an expressive, more humane approach to new visual worlds.

 
  • «Semiautomata» at the Diploma show 2007, Messe Basel
  • «Semiautomata» by daylight at eikones, National Centre of Competence in Research, Iconic Criticism, Basel
  • Using the colour palette and blender tool
  • Scaling with the magnifying glass tool
  • Fisheye view of the installation space
  • Schematic of the signal flow during man-machine interaction
  • Using the picture frame tool to instantly turn physical things into digital imagery
 
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«Semiautomata» at the Diploma show 2007, Messe Basel

«Semiautomata» at the Diploma show 2007, Messe Basel

«Semiautomata» by daylight at eikones, National Centre of Competence in Research, Iconic Criticism, Basel

«Semiautomata» by daylight at eikones, National Centre of Competence in Research, Iconic Criticism, Basel
– Photo: Dejan Jovanovic

Using the colour palette and blender tool

Using the colour palette and blender tool
– Photo: Christoph Bühler

Photo: Christoph Bühler

Photo: Dejan Jovanovic

Scaling with the magnifying glass tool

Scaling with the magnifying glass tool
– Photo: Christoph Bühler

Fisheye view of the installation space

Fisheye view of the installation space
– Photo: Christoph Bühler

Schematic of the signal flow during man-machine interaction

Schematic of the signal flow during man-machine interaction

Using the picture frame tool to instantly turn physical things into digital imagery

Using the picture frame tool to instantly turn physical things into digital imagery