Looking Outwards-01 Intr(e)Scapes light art exhibition-Veronica Wang

Intr(ə)Scapes @ Georgetown GLOW 2015 from SHO Architecture on Vimeo.

The Interscapes project is a landscape installation piece that senses people’s movement with an infrared sensor and signals the RGB LED system to react to visitors’ movements with a responsive lighting animation. The acrylic stalks mimic the movement and light-weightedness of swaying prairie grasses and embody “the kinetic energies and latent forces present within the environment”. I found it interesting how this piece was inspired by nature and is bridging technology with nature by mimicking/ recreating experiences. The responsive lighting also provides a playful, tangible and sensorial effect.

The team that designed this piece does a lot of interactive new media installations and parametric architectural design. On this project, they used custom software and hardware to achieve the infrared imaging system and responsive effect. They have previously designed similar installations at both the ACADIA exhibition and Harvard University.