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By : Tawnee Kammer

In The Beginning…

Winter 2010 I became interested in the Xbox 360 Kinect.

The idea: Create a interactive installation art piece that involves the kinect.

When a viewer walks up to the mirror/reflective surface they will see a monster (created in a 3-D sculpting program) bust instead of their own reflection.

The Setup

Baby Steps

I found a project called NoiseInk by Trent Brooks.

Trent Brooks NoiseInk http://vimeo.com/21691884

My version of NoiseInk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyPnbx45Fyk (was present in SOAR Spring 2011)

No Progress To Progress

Waiting on technology was a key issue Open source programs/programming is

a new world for me Once technology was available to me

and I had someone I could ask questions/get help the progress blossomed

2-D Progress

Got a 2-D character up and running using Xbox Kinect, OpenNI/ Nite, Osceleton and Animata. http://vimeo.com/20473750

Challenging task to get the piece up and running

From here I was unsure what I wanted the viewer to feel from my piece and contemplated if I wanted to stay in 2-D or try and get 3-D to work.

Changes

Did a lot of brainstorming for the “Whys” I bounced a lot of ideas in my head until

I was shown a few interactive art pieces that revolved around shadows

I researched the psychology of shadows and was completely intrigued

Why Shadows What they represent: our negative

intentions/emotions Everyone has one and can relate ”The shadow represents all our disowned,

despised, and repressed traits. It lives buried in the closets of our subconscious minds safe from our judgments. The shadow is our "dark side." It acts out for us all those denied emotions and urges we wish we didn't have. “

From here I knew I had to make my own 2-D shadow and rethink how I was going to present this piece.

Disconnect

Shadows will have a mind of their own after a certain point

Example: A shadow murdering another shadow , making out or a shadow flipping off the viewer

To get the Kinect to recognize a person you must have your arms up as in a “surrender pose”. When the viewer’s shadow acts out I’m assuming it will be the same pose.

Shadow ModelThis

To That

Viewing Space X: represents the viewer Square on wall: Kinect/computer Square in front: Projector hung from

ceiling Black figures: shadows

Where I’m At Now

http://vimeo.com/32461930 Perfecting the shadow model/’s Work out space ideas/complications Figuring out all the rest of the “whys”