One Hundred and Eight | An interactive Art Installation

Posted on 15/01/2011 by W&V

One Hundred and Eight is an interactive wall-mounted Installation created by the German artist and communication designer Nils Völker. He explores new ways of reproducing and visualizing data and information by creating artworks with the means of physical computing at the intersection of technology and art.

The art installation One Hundred and Eight interacts with the movement of the audience. As soon as a viewer comes close it instantly reacts by drawing back and tentatively following the movements of the observer. As long as he remains in a certain area in front of the installation it dynamically reacts to the viewers motion. Once it does no longer detect someone close it reorganizes itself after a while and gently restarts moving around in its autonomous pattern.

Photos and video: Nils Völker | Nils Völker website

Daniel Rozin | The wooden mirror

Posted on 16/06/2010 by W&V

Interactive artist Daniel Rozin creates fascinating mirrors with unreflective surfaces. The below video shows one of his creations, “the wooden mirror”. This mirror uses 830 square pieces of wood which are hooked up to an equal number of small motors which move the wooden blocks according to a built in camera. The camera picks up the movement in front of the mirror and transfers the signal to the wood tiles which results in an eerie representation of reality depicted in small wooden pixels.