project

outline

ORACLE is an interactive installation that uses tracking systems, generative algorithms, sound and video, forming a dynamic environment. In ORACLE, image and sound are edited in real time by the movement of people in the space: an exploration reflected on a graphical floor interface. Witnessing the emergences of original semantics through our daily relationship with images, Oracle stands a sudden symbol of our collective unconsciousness.

 

conceptual description

The interactive installation ORACLE is a series of sensorial experiences that generate anticipation, surprise and engagement The changes between an overwhelming audiovisual display, and the sudden stillness of a image, which constitutes the Oracle answer to the viewer, enhances a original semantics to relate with images selected in public database, as a metaphor of a collective unconscious. People’s motions are reflected and embodied on the surface of the floor. The spectator’s movement and choice of direction are affecting a poetic narrative, enabled by a range of audiovisual effects. Experiencing changes between an overwhelming audiovisual display and the sudden stillness of an image while one stays still for a longer time, recieves  the answer of the Oracle : an image selected in the vast public online databases.The motion and the spatial dynamics of the interface’s enrolment determine the activity of the oracle’s answers.  Oracle reflects a reconstruction of a poetic audiovisual narattive, through the audience movement and exploration.

 

physical description

When people enter the installation space, a projection of a graphical interface appearsonm the floor’s surface. A wide lense camera, placed on the ceiling, is tracking the motion of people in the room. People’s movement, rotation and speed trigger the interface and thus generate the projections in front of them. The number of spectators, their position and distance between them affect the soundscape and visuals of the installation creating a responsive display of video projections and sounds. When a person decides to stand still, the projections unify into a single picture( the oracle’s answer to that person) that stays frozen until he moves again.

The audiovisual content is preselected from various free online databases of images under Creative Common licenses. An algorythm enables the activity of the installation, even when there are no viewers in the space.

Dimensions: approximately 5 m (length) x 5 m (width) x 6 m (hight)
Materials: Computer, video tracking system, 2 video projectors, camera lenses