Wednesday, September 17, 2008

9.18 --Introduction for interactive installation.



"Luli"

May 2006, Hong village in South China.
Structure:
Two main parts
Video: 12 passages shot in Hong village.
Sound: Combined the recorded presentation of several guides.

Exhibition:

An infrared sensor was set at the stairs of the stairway. The control system of the sensor was input into a computer. A projection equipment which was set at the top floor of the stairway showed the edited video. When no one was on the stairs, the video showed a peaceful Hong village. When someone stepped on the stairs ( the sensor would respond to it), the video would be switched into the sound (very noisy). With the audience came nearer to the equipment, the sound would become louder and louder. When the audience went downstairs and left the equipment, the sound would be lower and finally the video would return.

Description:

Hong village is located in the Northeast part of Yi county in Anhui province. The history of it can be dated from 1131, which is more than 800 years ago.
Since the physiognomy there makes it nearer to the sky, you can see clouds with various of styles just like traditional Chinese traditional painting. Due to the integration of natural beauty and cultural treasure, it is praised as a village in painting.
Many tourists go there for sightseeing. On the day I went there, it was raining lightly with cloudy sky. But it made the village even more beautiful than usual. Nevertheless, I was annoyed by the noisy crowd that broke the serenity and harmony of the village. Standing at a crossroad in the street, I saw a guide introduce the history of the crossroad with some tourists standing behind her. A few seconds later, this scene was repeated by another guide and another group of tourists. It drove me into a kind of illusion that I was watching a DVD with a scene repeated over and over again by using forward and backward mode. Then an idea came into my mind, which results in the production
The idea behind is that people should not break a peaceful and harmonious paradise like Hong village. This production was exhibited at the round stairway of Central Academy of Fine Art.


link: http://www.zhanglinmedia.com/interactive-media.html

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