Dan Corson Art Installation
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CategoryArtwork
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Completion2015
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ArtistDan Corson
Dan Corson is a multi-disciplined artist and designer and has a long
history with Kiboworks, his latest art and technology installation
"Capital of Silicon Valley," takes its inspiration from the patterning
of raindrops on water and the ripples emanating from each drop.
Corson
imagined each of us with our cell phones constantly emanating cell
phone signals like digital auras.The artwork brings much needed illumination
and activation to an area where pedestrian activity was previously
eschewed, serving to reconnect two important parts of the downtown
- a long desired improvement by the community. The project partnered
with Niantec Lab (A Google spin-off) to allow people to play and reveal
aspects of the mobile game Ingress, briefly transforming the illumination
into aspects of the game. A companion piece to "Sensing WATER," and
part of San Jose's "Illuminating Downtown Project," which received
significant funding from ArtPlace America. The site is an underpass
of a major highway, on a major downtown thoroughfare that connects
the core of the downtown with the major rail transportation hub, an
historic and growing neighbourhood, and the event centre - home to
the city's professional hockey team and site of many concerts, circus
performances, ice shows and other events that draw local and regional
visitors.
Kiboworks worked closely with Dan and the project team to
design the custom elements of the artistic display and on the integration
and interpretation of the data controlling the display. This was the
first time a lighting installation has been directly interfaced with
a game such as Ingress. Besides low-res video being played across
the sculptural lighting surface, the project "Senses YOU" via overhead
motion sensors to trigger localized sequences.
Dan Corson Sensing YOU
INGESS MAKES AN APPERANCE WITH THE HELP OF KIBOWORKS
Dan Corson Art Installation
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CategoryArtwork
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Completion2015
Dan Corson is a multi-disciplined artist and designer and has a long
history with Kiboworks, his latest art and technology installation
"Capital of Silicon Valley," takes its inspiration from the patterning
of raindrops on water and the ripples emanating from each drop.
Corson
imagined each of us with our cell phones constantly emanating cell
phone signals like digital auras.The artwork brings much needed illumination
and activation to an area where pedestrian activity was previously
eschewed, serving to reconnect two important parts of the downtown
- a long desired improvement by the community. The project partnered
with Niantec Lab (A Google spin-off) to allow people to play and reveal
aspects of the mobile game Ingress, briefly transforming the illumination
into aspects of the game. A companion piece to "Sensing WATER," and
part of San Jose's "Illuminating Downtown Project," which received
significant funding from ArtPlace America. The site is an underpass
of a major highway, on a major downtown thoroughfare that connects
the core of the downtown with the major rail transportation hub, an
historic and growing neighbourhood, and the event centre - home to
the city's professional hockey team and site of many concerts, circus
performances, ice shows and other events that draw local and regional
visitors.
Kiboworks worked closely with Dan and the project team to
design the custom elements of the artistic display and on the integration
and interpretation of the data controlling the display. This was the
first time a lighting installation has been directly interfaced with
a game such as Ingress. Besides low-res video being played across
the sculptural lighting surface, the project "Senses YOU" via overhead
motion sensors to trigger localized sequences.
