Gainsborough Showbox: Reimagined in High Tech
Using a hacked Kinect, MAX/MSP, and some Adobe AfterEffects animating skills, this ostensible painting subtly (and not so subtly) animates in response to a person’s presence and body movement. The unsuspecting person may or may not notice that they are in fact bringing the painting to life with their movements. It is only upon their further investigation, by producing other movements that they will begin to see that they are in fact 'co-authoring’ the liveliness of the painting.
The co-creation of an individual’s imagination with the Gainsborough painting turns what is personal, private & unseen experience to a shared, public, and visible one. It demonstrates the kind of imaginative ideas that can be produced upon provoking an individual’s attention. .
You can read more about the card and the developmental progress via the following links: