An Interactive Earth
Control the fate of the earth by manipulating the parameters 'nature', 'development', 'control' and 'chaos'. These parameters are intrinsically linked; as development increases nature decreases. Only when the parameters are in balance can harmony occur.
Over the past few years 'The Earth' has traveled all over Aotearoa visiting light festivals , galleries and events. Get in touch if want to know more!
Built in collaberation with Jon Baxter @ Perceptual Engineering using Touchdesigner and Flame... (more info below)
full nature / full chaos
balanced development / balanced control
balanced development / full chaos
high development / balanced chaos
We used Lemur running on an iPad, which sent OSC signals to Ableton Live for the sound, and to Touch Designer which controlled the visuals. 25 flat, loopable earth states where wrapped onto a spinning sphere in Touch Designer which, due to dissolving between multiple quicktimes, gave a smooth interactive experience as the audience used the faders to control the world. The resulting image was projected using a 5k projector. A matching interactive stereo sound design was created in Ableton Live, using using Lemur's onboard logic to covert the interactive data into usable information.
"The driving force for me was the concept of balance. We cannot have our cake and eat it. We must take responsibility for action. I wanted to make an interface for the earth that demonstrated this."
Concept / Visual Design and animation
Jon Baxter
TouchDesigner / Interactive Design
Puck Murphy
Interactive sound design
Peter Hobbs
Illustration
Dvir Gilboa
Bev Eng
Mathematics Consultant
Mike Robinson
Conceptual Consultants
Keith and Armagan Ballantyne
Projection
Spyglass
Western Park and Dowse Gallery Installation Team
Kathryn Taylor
Andy Cave
This is the ipad interface that the audience used to control the earth.
Touch Designer screen grab
Media was created in a 5x5 matrix, the vertical parameter represents control <-> chaos, the horizontal development <-> nature