Skittish Tree is a sound reactive installation, and the product of a personal obsession with how recursion works both in nature and in programming.
The tree behaves normally in a quiet environment, moving slightly with the wind. As soon as noises start to appear it will adopt the behavior of a skittish animal, getting frightened and dropping its leaves and branches with a loud scream, and otherwise moves pleasantly with soft melodies.
It is also an exploration of ways in which some particular behaviors can be transferred from one being to another completely unrelated, and the emotional responses that it generates in the people interacting with them.
The project was done in Processing with the use of the physics library of toxiclibs.
It's been exhibited in the ITP Spring Show on May 15 and May 17th.
Project source and documentation here.
EXHIBITIONS:
Skittish tree is being exhibited at The Paley Center for Media in the collective exhibition "Luminance" until April 1st 2012. Come see it!
Skittish Tree was exhibited at JaegerSloan Inc's new Gallery, JS55 from July 21st until September 7th 2011 and for the 2011-2012 New Years week.
Skittish Tree was part of the collective show Intensity at Ventana
244 together with projects by Jack Kallish, Yonatan Ben-Simhon, Bret Murphy and Mimi Yin.
PROJECT FEATURED AT:
DVICE
CORE77
at ITP Show
at ITP Show
at ITP Show
at JS55 photo by JaegerSloan
at JS55 photo by JaegerSloan
at JS55