* HOME * RANDOM PROJECT * DEMO REEL * SAMPLE WEB ART * BIO * ABOUT BEHAVIORAL ART * RECOMMENDED READING * SEARCH * CONTACT The Communal Mirror 2008 View your world as live animated online data. keywords: animation; camera tracking; live video feed; network; web data Add a keyword, or several separated by commas. * discussed in paper for Leonardo Almanac This piece takes live data from web pages around the world and uses the words as colored stamps to draw live video. It is great for installations where you can't do much to control the lighting. The installation is suprizingly simple and uses any USB or firewire connected camera. * the art. This web Applet requires a camera (USB webcam, camcorder, etc.) and Quicktime (preinstalled on Macs, available online free for Windows, Linux, etc.) For shows, I highly recommend a stand-alone full-screen version, but this is fun for now. * flv video recording of what the piece does live *Tech Explanation: The image on the screen is familiar, though it's unclear what exactly it is depicting - at first. In a gallery setting, when initially seeing the piece from across the room, it may simply look like a pastoral, painterly rendition of that very room in the gallery from the piece's perspective. This is somewhat true. But as the viewer approaches, the image is disrupted. Perhaps the viewer notices that the image is composed of letters, and may even notice words. Soon, perhaps the viewer realizes that the image has incorporated them into that picture. close * concept