LO: My Inspiration

Pom Pom Mirror, Daniel Rozin

This piece, by Israeli artist Daniel Rozin, is an interactive artwork that mimics the movements of its viewer on a pom-pom “mirror”. A Microsoft Kinect sensor detects the movements of the viewer standing in front of the piece, and a computer translates the data to move the motors on the ‘mirror’, resulting in a black “shadow” rippling across the sea of white pom-poms to mirror the viewer’s position and movement. This project stood out to me because, while many other technological artworks utilize hard, rigid materials, these pom-poms bring in a softer, more organic aspect to the piece that demonstrates a reconciliation between mechanical machine to human interaction.