Capturing Light

Depicting Light in Motion

Baiting Chen
MArch II 2023
Chanwoo Park
MArch II 2023
Mengyu Zhao
MArch II 2023
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1 Audience can participate and become an integral part of the artwork.

Light draws us out from the darkness. Light guides us, soothes us, bedazzles our senses. It is as universal and vital as it is unknowable. Our team hopes this project allows us the time and space to sense the light, feeling better and enlightened. Our inner light, the sun itself; such things are unreachable. Captured in small pixels in the vast screen, however, they become a part of our world.

This project integrates real-time motion capturing with Kinect and generative artwork on screen using Processing. It invites the audience to participate and become an integral part of the design, reaching out or collecting the light particles falling down the screen. The fusion of physical movement and a virtual screen provides the audience with a unique experience.

Project video
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2 Reach out or collect the light particles falling down the screen.
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3 The Kinect sensor detects real-time body motion.
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4 Feel the warmth in your hands.
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5 Light is captured in small pixels in the vast screen, and become a part of our world.