SPELL: Sphere for Projection with Artificial Real-time Interaction is an interactive experience exploring the intrinsic relations between magic, technology, humans and nature. An open umbrella transforms into a portal, its surface alive with ever-evolving nature inspired generated visuals.
- Location & Year
- BROOKLYN, NY (2024)
- Technologies
- GENERATIVE AI, LEAPMOTION
This immersive audiovisual installation invites interactors to practice presence, creativity and contemplation to reimagine our connections with nature, technologies, with our ways of engaging with the world around us and, ultimately, with this mysterious concept of magic.
Featuring meticulously crafted AI-generated 360 environments, SPELL bridges Artificial intelligence, the latest "magic"-evoking trend of technology, with nature, the most primitive awe-inspiring "magic". The real time intangible interaction allows visitors to co-create the experience with the machine in a sort of ritual of reconnection. Hand movements affect the live visuals and help navigate through this reimagined nature.
The final artpiece is a projection mapping installation, with the open umbrella serving as the canvas for the display surface. A personalized AI model, amplified by carefully engineered prompts, generates dynamic 360-degree environments in real-time. The resulting visuals seek to amplify the machine "hallucinatios" to creatively reimagine nature.
Using a Leap Motion controller, visitors' hand movements are tracked and translated into real-time rotations within the digital environment, allowing participants to navigate the immersive landscape, influencing the visuals at a rate of 20 frames per second.
