November – December 2019
At the end of the fall semester in 2019, I built a full-body instrument for the NYUAD Interactive Media exhibition. For the full documentation, see the github entry.
Experience
The surveillance hall utilizes human movements to critique the exploitation of surveillance data. As someone moves within the hallway, their spatial data is translated into audiovisuals. While a gentle melody provides feedback to those who move through it, spiral visuals display their movement to those on the outside of the hallway. This inverts the way we typically experience human surveillance–instead of a private group observing the public, the public observes people interacting inside the hall. This observation is not filtered according to the best way to exploit and prosecute those inside, but to facilitate interactive, performative, and collaborative art.
Process
Special thanks to Lab Manager and Instructor Ume Hussein, Instructor Jack Du, Professor Michael Shiloh, Professor Aaron Sherwood, Mari Calderon, Adham Chakohi, Instructor Judi Olsen, and Professor Matthew Karau. Without their support, this project would have died on the page.
