LightScale II

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Like a giant whale LightScale II floats through a virtual ocean, materializing environments, events and user interactions. The installation generates a tactile data experience through 3D projections onto multi-layered gauze surfaces. The kinetic structure consists of a twenty meter carbon construction, mounted asymmetrically on a single-point support. At the visitor’s touch the construction oscillates freely through space. A motion-tracking system combined with ultrasound sensors recognizes touch, position and movement of the LightScale. A live-render program overlays the physical construction with projected place-bound and interactive digital information. The project has its roots in a design by kunst und technik (R. Hartl, M. Janekovic, U. Rieger, H. Schroeder) in Berlin in the late 90s. Equipped with the latest digital spatial technologies LightScale II now advances towards a responsive navigation tool that creates haptic-digital constructions and materializes spatial narratives.
https://www.ars.nz/arc-sec-lightseries-at-ars-electronica/

Project Credits:
Design and Concept: Uwe Rieger (DE/NZ)
Programming: Yinan Liu (NZ)
Technical Support: Karl Butler
Construction: C-TECH lmtd, Auckland, NZ
Textile Engineering: StructurFlex, Auckland, NZ
Textile Fabrication: Nautilus Sails, Auckland, NZ
With contributions and graphics from Don Aualiitia, Louise Burling, Anne Buttle, William Challacombe-King, Jamikorn Charoenphan, Catherine Cruz, Ying Feng, Alex Goh, Zijia Ge, Michael Hori, Taryn Korent, Alexei Matene, Emilio Ocampo, Inosia Paea, Patrick Sherwood, Clement Wilson, Celine Xiang, and Levi Shim.

Website:
https://www.arc-sec.com/lightscale

For more projects, visit
ARS Electronica 2020, Garden Aotearoa New Zealand:
https://www.ars.nz/projects/

ARS Electronica 2020 Homepage:
https://ars.electronica.art/keplersgardens/en/

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