digital decode

Digital decode

I went to the digital decode In London and experienced my most favorite exhibition of all time, this exhibition was full of interactive art pieces that blow me away.

Ross Philips' Video Grid was one of my favorites for user interactivity. this piece of art was brilliant because it was forever changing and the viewer became part of the art. the one second clips of the public created a beautiful effect that made the viewer wish to explore the possibilities of what they could do in 1 second to make them stand out from the rest.

Ross Phillips is an interaction designer and Creative Technical Director at SHOWstudio. He gained a BA in Time-Based Media from the University of the West of England in 1999 and an MA in Hypermedia from Westminster University in 2000. He later moved to Fabrica where he was a consultant for the Interactive Design department. Recent solo projects were included in the 4th Seoul International Media Art Biennale and the Incheon Digital Art Festival, Korea and the exhibitions ‘The Science of Spying’ at the Science Museum and ‘Super Contemporary’ at the Design Museum in London. Phillips is a visiting lecturer at Westminster University. He recently received a nomination in the Design Museum, Designs of the Year, 2008 and an Honorary Mention in Interactive Art at Ars Electronica, 2008. [http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/decode/exhibition/interactivity]



Weave Mirror

Daniel Rozin's Weave Mirror, was my favorite piece at the exhibition. I loved the use of hundreds of color gradients being used to generate a moving shadow of the person standing in front of it, the use of such a natural gradiant also added to the effect as it did look like it was being forever woven.

Daniel Rozin trained as an industrial and interactive designer. He creates interactive installations and sculptures that have the ability to change and respond to the presence of a viewer. Although computers are often used, they are seldom visible. Mirrors and the mediated perception of the self are central themes in his work. Rozin is the recipient of numerous awards, and his work has been exhibited globally at the Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, Israel Museum, Taiwan National Museum, ICC Tokyo, American Museum of the Moving Image, SIGGRAPH and Sundance Film Festival. He is Professor at ITP, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. [http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/decode/exhibition/interactivity]



Everyware's oasis was another great interactive piece from the exhibition. The way in which the viewer moved the sand away to create life in the box was a brilliant use of interaction for the viewer. the personal touch i liked and appreciated was the hand drawn style animals that grew in to the space, the animals could have quite easily been realistically animated but the hand drawn affect made the overall piece much more aesthetically pleasing.

Everyware is a creative computing group formed by Hyunwoo Bang (b. 1978, South Korea) and Yunsil Heo (b. 1979, South Korea). Hyunwoo Bang is an assistant professor at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Seoul National University. Yunsil Heo has an MFA from the Department of Design/Media Arts at the University of California, Los Angeles, and BA degrees from the College of Fine Arts and College of Humanities at Seoul National University. Based in Seoul, Everyware has exhibited diverse new media installation pieces at the SIGGRAPH art gallery, Ars Electronica in Linz and the National Art Center in Tokyo. [http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/decode/exhibition/interactivity]