Artist Aaron Sherwood and Mike Allison stretched a spandex sheet and used it as an interface that people can touch and push into, creating visuals and music with every interaction.
Very cool.
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Capture sounds in a bottle…and remix!
Music Videos gone Interactive: Success or failure?
Why we aren’t seeing more interactive music videos?
Music videos have always facilitated experimental art because there is an existing script, soundtrack, and tone to work with. The music provides an existing creative framework which heavily narrows the focus to production.
What’s not successful about the music video platform in interactivity?
I explored these five unique pieces (that each explore a different method of music video interactivity) to find some answers:
1.Ellie Goulding “Lights”
-User-navigated environment, emphasis on visuals
2. Arcade Fire “The Wilderness Downtown”
-User-stimulated environments, emphasis on bridging gap between “Arcade Fire” and audience
3. Cold War Kids “I’ve seen enough”
-User-controlled instrumentation, mild usage of interesting interactive visuals
4. Chairlift “Met Before”
-User-controlled narrative, emphasis on story, no interactive audio/visuals
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Look Around”
-User-controlled narrative, engaging content, many options to choose from
While most of these music videos had limited use of interactivity in some way, RHCP’s “Look Around” really engages with the viewer by making there ample options of things to play around. Allowing the user to scroll between four videos, each starring one member of RHCP doing something silly, gives enough footage that we don’t lose interest. Hidden in each video are highlighted items you can click to see personal footage of band members just being, well, human.
With the five music videos above, the interactive waters have been tested and my diagnosis is that we need to make these videos more interesting, via more content, more interaction, or more narrative. My favorite pieces were Chairlift’s “Met Before” and RHCP’s “Look Around” because the narrative pulled me in–and after all, isn’t that what makes a music video successful? Great music is what gets you a video, but it’s not what makes a video great.
Video has always been about telling a story, and you can’t engage with your audience without one. Cold War Kids “I’ve seen enough” impressed me with its creativity, but gave me no reason to stick around for the whole song after I’d worn out the interactive capabilities. Ellie Goulding’s “Lights” was awesome for about 30 seconds, but then I lost interest after I realized I’d be seeing nothing new if I kept playing.
Maybe as this technology becomes less fresh, we’ll start seeing some real blockbuster interactive music videos. Until then, I’ll just enjoy this one:
How to Advertise Tourism Effectively and Creatively
“Take a look at Brussels” by TBWA for client SNCF (French Railway System) in Paris is a fantastic way to increase tourism. The cutout for your head really draws in curious passersby, and the charming Belgians on the other end are sure to woo you into buying a train ticket. I’d like to see this as an entire campaign.
Fly Over Beautiful 3D Landscapes in Interactive Game Woodbot Pilots
“A 3D gestural game. Using an IR 3D Camera, we translate gestures of the human body navigate a virtual landscape.
Start the game, choose a character and try and get the fastest time through the race track.
This project was launched at Skellefteå airport in Northern Sweden as an installation.”
Credits: Interactive Institute Umeå, North Kingdom and Adopticum
Source: woodbotpilots.com
Willow’s “Sweater” makes a beautiful music video on one stage with Projection Mapping
Everything shot in studio with 3 beamers projecting on a floor and two walls.
Directed by: Filip Sterckx
DOP: Pierre Schreuder
3D animation / Editing: Filip Sterckx
Production: Pierre Schreuder, Filip Sterckx
Technical support: Aitor Biedma
Production assistant: Nils Goddeeris
Thanks to: Het Depot, Stake5, Cools multimedia, Tom Brewaeys, Birgit Sterckx, Antoon Verbeeck, Pieter-Jan Boghe
Night Bright Interactive Installation of Nocturnal Discovery
Night Bright is an interactive installation where children physically interact with an imaginary nocturnal ecosystem. As explained by creator Design I/O:
“Night Bright is an interactive installation of nocturnal discovery where children use their bodies to light up the nighttime forest and discover the creatures that inhabit it. Listening to the creatures’ sounds children can locate them in the forest, as they play a nighttime game of hide and seek. Some creatures are curious and will investigate the light, while others are frightened and will hide in the shadows. Using their light, children can grow nocturnal plants and release fireflies from their flowers. The fireflies illuminate the environment and help locate the creatures hiding in the forest.
Night Bright was created for the Bumble children’s cafe in Los Altos, California.
Music for the video documentation courtesy of Diederik Idenburg / MOST Original Soundtracks.” (Design I/O)
Source: All images from Design I/O.
Inflatable Bag Monsters: Joshua Allen Harris’s Street Art
Image from trendland.net
Whoever thought trash bags could be interactive? Apparently Joshua Allen was sick of seeing bags blowing in the wind and decided to tie ’em down and give them some purpose. So he cut them up, tied them together, and now a monster rises up with every gust of sewer wind. Impeccable!
P.S.-This video is almost four years old–but for those of us who haven’t seen it (read: me, and maybe you), there it is in all its glory.
WHOEVER SAID GIRLS ARE BAD AT MATH IS BAD AT MATH
just a little something to think about…any volunteers?
Interactive Art! Still Life Tumbles when you Move its Frame
I didn’t know Scott Garner’s work until a few minutes ago, but suddenly I am a huge fan. He’s also got some sweet interactive piano gloves and motion graphics.
L.R.'s Bizarre Bazaar 