OFF PLANET — Human Scale Light & Sound Expedition Instrument
Channel: WILLPOWER STUDIOS
Date: 2020-02-19

OFF PLANET 
Human Scale Light & Sound Expedition Instrument 

Video shot by: Lightwriter
Music by: WILLPOWER

Triggering Light & Sound by moving hand in the air 💨 and touching a Plant 🌱 

A 4-meter 4-sided light structure changing colors, patterns while generating sounds, based on human activity.

The exhibition is at @kangcontemporary Tues-Sat 2-6 pm until 02.22.20 

How it works: The lights react to human movement and touch in real time.
By moving your hands 🖐🏿🤟🏽🖖🏻 back and forth in front of the laser, ‘OFF PLANET Sounds’ are activated and resonate throughout the space. The Lights in front of you change in accordance with your movements. 🤸🏽‍♂️
There is a glass vase in which you can put your finger 👇🏻👇🏿 and as it touched the water, sounds and lights interact. 
At ninety degrees from it is a plant 🌱 that you touch to animate the light in front of you and a sound as well. 

OFF PLANET 🪐 has 4 elements: The red light represents Fire 🔥 Moving our hands is the Air 🌪 element. Each 1 one of the 4 sides of the instrument represents an element. The 2 others are water💧and earth. The Human is the 5th element.

It is a Human Scale Light & Sound Instrument which can be used for audiovisual performances via body movement and touch, as well as an interactive installation which allows people to ‘play’ and ‘co-create’ together. 

The purpose of my exhibitions is to create interactive light and sound spaces of magic where our imagination is ignited into realms of wonder, through human interactivity. Joy and fun are my goal. Having a happy time is what inspires my work. 
So many people during the Opening were smiling and having fun that it made me feel blissful.
My work involves not knowing how I will accomplish my goals. I venture and research before finding my way.
The architecture inspired the form of the Light Structure. I played on the fact that the height of the ceiling is 5-meters. The structure hangs 50cm from the ceiling and is floating 50cm from the ground. In other words, it is suspended in space. You can see it from outside through Kang Contemporary’s magnificent 5 by 5 Meter window.

Tools 🧰 used:
Teensy 3.2 
Arduino IDE
Addressable LEDs
Ultrasonic sensors (distance)
Plants as touch sensors
Water as touch sensor
Laser diodes
Ableton Live
The Architecture

Special Thanks 🤍 Thank you to the anonymous donor who made this exhibition possible. 
Thank you Kang Contemporary for the opportunity to exhibit my art in your Gallery and for finding the great writer Rhea Ramjohn to write for the catalog. Thank you Rhea for your passion, amazing work and uplifting energy.
Special thanks to Khan Tech Berlin for guiding me towards how to use capacitive touch with a microcontroller.
Thank you Ingo for guiding me towards the OCTOWS Library. 
Thank you Dillon for Ableton Live and showing me how it works with instruments and tricks for improving the sonic experience. 
Thank you Hannah for renting me your studio space which allowed me to develop this work.
Thank you Streetcat Media for helping me with soldering and being supportive while I was under high pressure.
Thank you Izumi Yamamoto for helping me setup for a full day by holding the ladder as I was working 5-meters high, for taking photos of my process and lending me your studio monitors for the sound. 
I dedicate this piece to my Pops and Aunt who have helped me stay alive and breathing in this world. 
Thanks to mother for the support. 
Thank you to all my friends
who came !!!
Thank you to @jambl and @playtronica for being music tech inspirations !! 

Having special people around me made all the difference. it wouldn’t even be without them, so thank you 🙏🏾 🙏🏻
We R 1 Humanity

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