theGOOD was tasked with answering The Software Association of Oregon‘s question: “How can art, technology, and the synergy of the two, address humanity’s next evolutionary step?”
The challenge for theGOOD was to create an interactive installation that used a combination of motion detection and generative art to explore the convergence of man and technology.
theGOOD designed and built a custom application that tracked the motion of people, captured images of said person, and allowed them to “paint” their portrait on to a 16-foot wall using nothing but their limbs.
The result was a highly interactive art installation that amazed participants – engagement time averaged over 10 minutes per user. People invested themselves in the piece to the point of bringing out their own inner artist. Several times theGOOD team stepped in to ‘coach’ people on how to get the most out of the motion detection while drawing their portrait. The response we received was unexpected. People took personal offense that we were pushing our artistic ideas on their own drawing. At that moment we knew the installation was a success.
Use the online version of the installation.
View a flickr gallery of finished drawings.
