LumaTouch
LumaTouch Expressionist is an interactive system for creating abstract artwork by manipulating tangible objects.
Dimensions: 2 ft x 2.5 ft x 2 ft
Materials: wood, Plexiglas, fluorescent lights, computer with custom software, webcam, video projector
Showings:
LumaTouch Funkadelic was shown at Eventworks Progress Festival: Universe, MassArt Pozen Center, Boston, MA, Apr 15 to Apr 15, 2011
LumaTouch Synesthesia was shown at COLLISION XV, Axiom Gallery, Boston, MA, Feb 19 to Mar 28, 2010
LumaTouch was shown at GLOW, Annmarie Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Solomons, MD, Nov 24 to Feb 14, 2010
LumaTouch is an interactive system for creating abstract artwork by manipulating tangible objects. The system consists of a light table with four movable objects on the surface, three small cubes, and a small cylinder.
The computer detects and uses the location and angle of the four cubes to warp and combine the 12 reference images. The cylinder is used to adjust the color of the pictures.
By manipulating these objects, the user can create a new abstract expressionist painting projected on a screen behind the light table. Subsequent showings incorporated sounds, where synesthesia could literally be experienced by creating color and sound.
LumaTouch uses OpenFrameworks, an open-source C++ library for creative coding.
The tracking used by LumaTouch is based on the concepts from TrackMate, an open-source tracking system.
I want to thank Jennifer Lim for her help with this project.