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In this installation, YesYesNo teamed up with The Church, Inside Out Productions and Electric Canvas to turn the Auckland Ferry Building into an interactive playground. Our job was to create an installation that would go beyond merely projection on buildings and allow viewers to become performers, by taking their body movements and amplifying them 5 stories tall.
We used 3 different types of interaction - body interaction on the two stages, hand interaction above a light table, and phone interaction with the tracking of waving phones. There were 6 scenes, cycled every hour for the public.
We had a great deal of fun making this, hope you enjoy it, too.
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Night Lights from thesystemis on Vimeo .
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During the 'Night Lights' performance
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During the 'Night Lights' performance in the control room
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Production render from The Church .
Credits:
Interaction Design and Software: YesYesNo -- Joel Gethin Lewis, Zach Lieberman, Pete Hellicar, Kyle McDonald, Todd Vanderlin w/ Daito Manabe sound design
Art Direction and Production: Hellicar & Lewis
Show Direction and Production: Inside Out Productions
Production: Simon Velvin @ The Church
Projection: The Electric Canvas
Music: 9th Wonder - Beautiful Morning (instrumental), Gin Wigmore - Under My Skin
Thanks to NZ Telecom and the Auckland City Council for supporting this, Peter Milne and all the Team, Simon Velvin and all at the Church, Mike Mizrahi, Marie Adams and all at Inside Out Productions, and Takayuki Ito.
YesYesNo is a new interactive collective that specializes in the creation of engaging, magical installations that combine creativity, artistic vision and cutting edge R&D. Founded in 2008 by leading interactive specialists Zachary Lieberman, Theo Watson and Joel Gethin Lewis, YesYesNo aims to develop work that puts creativity and awe at the forefront of interactive media.
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At it's best: family , community oriented, energizes public space and fun.
At it's worst: another light show
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