As inspiration for out piece we looked at a matrix sound system:

It is a simple grid of squares, there are no instructions. Whilst this might be confusing at first it makes you intuitively click the squares.

Each horizontal row is made out of a sound, the grid gets played in vertical order ranging from high notes to low ones. The sound loops around so that it creates a beat to the clicked boxes. By activating or deactivating squares you can change the rythm and creat cool sound patterns. The clicked boxes light up when they are played so that you can se where it is playing.

Try it out yourself:

http://www.sembeo.com/media/Matrix.swf

“Illustration student Dale Silvester has screen printed Electric Paint to make an interactive poster. He wanted to create a multi sensory experience for the viewer with images, touch and sound. He used metallic, liquid and crackling noises loaded onto the Touch Board’s SD card to bring the illustrations to life!”

This uses conductive paint to create an interactive interface. The use of symbols representing their sound is something that is an interesting concept. This gives it context.

The use of sound is also nice, whilst it is interactive and you can see, the sound element gives it something more that simply watching something bringing it to life.

http://www.bareconductive.com/make/touch-board-illustrated-sound-poster/

Who am I? is a digital installation in the science museum.

Who am I? invites you to explore the science of who you are through intriguing objects, provocative artworks and hands-on exhibits.
one installation in particular uses camera to pick up on the movement of the participants and projects that back on to the wall they are facing in smaller particles.

Hers an example video:

Who Am I? interactive screen at London’s Science Museum from Camille Fontaine on Vimeo.

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/WhoAmI/Visit.aspx

As suggested by John we looked at artists called Kimchi and Chips.

Kimchi and Chips is a Seoul based art studio founded by Elliot Woods (UK) and Mimi Son (South Korea). They are known for discovering novel interactions involving people and media materials, discovering new technical and artistic paradigms.

They create an emulsion of imagined reality within our physical world, in order to develop natural interactions between people, nature and the possibilities of the digital network.

These are some projects they have been working on:

Especially the second video has inspired us to consider something similar for our project. We like the idea that people can become part of the piece by taking a picture of themselves or film a short sequence of 3-4 seconds. This would work especially well for the end of the year degreeshow.