PERISCOPISTA
Giving back collected festival data in an interactive mist cloud.
Periscopista offers festival-goers a unique and beautiful way to reclaim their data, which is a stark contrast to how data tracking is typically used in today's society.
Presented in a 120m2 mist cloud floating above the lake,
visitors could control the giant mist cloud with their fingertips and voices.
The magical interactive installation Periscopista is a giant misty cloud above the lake that can be controlled by the festival crowd through their own data, their video feeds, sound, and movement.
This installation was built to show that data can be used to give something good back to people, in a world that uses data to chase you down with ads on social media. By designing a mist installation that is as curious about you as you are about her. When you look at the installation, she looks back. If you give her attention, she will flourish in psychedelica.
The data input by movement, motion, live feeds and sonic impulses from the festival crowd where given back to the people at the end of the day, resulting in an overwhelming psychedelic cloud that connects the people with their festival surrounding in new and innovative ways.
Gand Prix Award
Periscopista won the first ever Grand Prix run by fronteering Dutch festival, Down The Rabbit Hole, an award to encourage artists to push the possibilities of festival art installations.
The installation was chosen as winner because of “her” ability to provoke the thought that data can be beautiful, turning every spectator into a creator.
Different components installation
The crowd could make the trippy animations in the misty cloud brighter and more enticing by shouting into one of the periscopes. The animations and video feeds coming directly from the festival surroundings were influenced by the crowd's dancing and shouting.
Interaction
The sensors, hidden in poles around the festival terrain, provoked the interaction between the installation and the people, with live streams providing video input on the screen, and motion sensors and audio input influencing the animations. The in-house illustrators of Down the Rabbit Hole Festival, the talented brothers Merijn and Juriaan Hos, were in charge of creating the beautiful illustrations.
Material
For construction, we created an island that is sustainable for years to come and built it with as many sustainable parts as possible, including recycled boat steel, 3D-printed elements made from recycled old dashboards and PET bottles, and pontoons. The technical components included Arduino, Kinect, GoPros, Max/MSP, a 30,000 lumen projector, a water pump, LED lights, and fountains.
Commissioned by
Mojo, Down the Rabbit Hole
Collaboration
Amp.Amsterdam, Univate
Design
Merijn & Juriaan Hos
Engineer
Better Future Factory
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