The Body Malleable is an intimate interactive work where a custom built ‘gromit’ is physically engaged with by the viewer to create a display combining digital animation and synchronised audio in the installation space. The custom interface, placed on a desk for one viewer to interact with at a time, is internally configured with a 100 key keyboard broken up and reassembled within the spherical space. Darkness within the pod, the viewer is asked to insert their finger into a small opening to probe the key board lining. The keys pressed act as switches to key events programmed into Director and thus set off a series of audio-visual responses via surround sound and a single circular screen projection to create an intimate experiential space determined by the audiences interaction.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Previously on display
12 September 2004
ACMI Screen Gallery
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B1006115
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Interactive media
Object Types
Installation
Materials
video, interactive software, mixed media, colour and sound