Interactive Installation, Dec 2023

Interactive Installation, Dec 2023

Hanging Portals

Hanging Portals

Hanging Portals

"Hanging Portals" is an enchanting interactive art installation that beckons participants into three distinct fantasy realms. Suspended in the air, these mesmerizing portals invite individuals to transcend reality and explore the magical landscapes within.
An Interactive Art Installation that prompts people walking by to take a moment to connect with their surroundings. Walk through the dangling lit up clouds and interact with the floor.
An Interactive Art Installation that prompts people walking by to take a moment to connect with their surroundings. Walk through the dangling lit up clouds and interact with the floor.

Concept

Concept

Concept

"Hanging Portals" transcends the boundaries of traditional art installations, inviting participants to become active creators of their own magical experiences. The project encourages a sense of wonder, exploration, and shared discovery as individuals navigate between Soul Fantasy, Fairy Fantasy, and Witchy Fantasy. By seamlessly blending technology, artistry, and storytelling, this interactive installation offers a captivating escape into realms where imagination knows no bounds.

"Hanging Portals" transcends the boundaries of traditional art installations, inviting participants to become active creators of their own magical experiences.


The project encourages a sense of wonder, exploration, and shared discovery as individuals navigate between Soul Fantasy, Fairy Fantasy, and Witchy Fantasy.


By seamlessly blending technology, artistry, and storytelling, this interactive installation offers a captivating escape into realms where imagination knows no bounds.

Witchy Fantasy

Witchy Fantasy

Follow the will-o'-the-wisp, a cautionary tale unfolds as you are lured into the mysterious and eerie witch's land, discovering the consequences of getting too close to the unknown.

Fairy Fantasy

Fairy Fantasy

As an enchanted forest comes to life, inhabited by fairies and magical creatures, encounter their winged avatars, join a fairy possy, and become part of the whimsical and charming world.

Soul Fantasy

Soul Fantasy

Enter a cosmic space where vibrant auras materialize around their astral personas. The atmosphere is groovy and transcendent, with pulsating colors and ethereal sounds.

Interactive Portals

Interactive Portals

Interactive Portals

As the portals come alive with vibrant illumination and rhythmic blinking, seize the opportunity to step into a new realm, embracing the freedom to play and immerse yourself until the other portals are ready to welcome your presence.

Interactive Elements

Interactive Elements

Interactive Elements

Interactive Wall

Kinect + Touchdesigner

The focal point of the installation is a large interactive wall, serving as a canvas for the unfolding fantasy worlds. It uses a kinect sensor and a short throw projector, allowing it to react dynamically to the participants' movements. The art and movement is done on Touchdesigner.

The focal point of the installation is a large interactive wall, serving as a canvas for the unfolding fantasy worlds. It uses a kinect sensor and a short throw projector, allowing it to react dynamically to the participants' movements. The art and movement is done on Touchdesigner.

Portals

Arduino + Physical Computing

Positioned beneath each portal, interactive tassels act as touch-sensitive triggers. When all three portals are lit up and blinking, participants can touch one of the tassels to transport themselves into a new dimension. Uses arduino and MSPs to talk to eachother and Touchdesigner to trigger the corresponding theme.

Positioned beneath each portal, interactive tassels act as touch-sensitive triggers. When all three portals are lit up and blinking, participants can touch one of the tassels to transport themselves into a new dimension. Uses arduino and MSPs to talk to eachother and Touchdesigner to trigger the corresponding theme.

Process and Involvement

Process and Involvement

Process and Involvement

I collaborated with Sasha to create this installation. While Sasha handled the physical computing aspect of the project which involved creating the interactive portals, conductivity through the tassles and arduino communication, I handled the touchdesigner aspect of it. It was the most thorough, robust use of Touchdesigner I have done till date. The project involved switching between three scenes, and needed to be optimised so only one project was cooking. Each project involved taking real-time skeleton data from the Kinect CHOP, manipulating and implementing the data and using Touchdesigner's scripting capabilities to bring our vision to life.

Details

Title: Hanging Portals

Exhibit: CU Boulder, Atlas

Year: Dec 2023

Tools

Touchdesigner

Projections

Arduino

Kinect

Team

Touchdesigner Artist: Jyotsna Venkatesh

Physical Computing: Sasha Paulovich

Special Thanks: Rhea Gill, Justin Gitlin

jyotsna.venk@gmail.com