ParaSights
site-specific, interactive, analogue projection mapping
30 analog DIY projectors and three digital video projectors are used to produce an interactively animated shadow-play.
At the installation site we collect small organic materials like plant parts and dead insects. These small objects are then clamped into an analog projector that produces a magnified shadow on the wall.
Each projector is part of a local WiFi mesh and can be separately triggered by sensory data. Different sensors like microphones, distance and movement trackers are used to trigger single projections and form a kinetic light collage. If people clap it might step. If people sing it might swing. If they pass by it may run away.
ParaSights is an interactive light art piece but not in a classical way. Interaction gets diffused here. Like standing in front of an unknown life form. A giant chaotic organism stretches in front of you, what will you do to make contact?
