The Performance Art of Francesca Fini: Muybridge Remix #2 (2011)
MUYBRIDGE REMIX #
2 (80's soundmachine)
2011
Francesca Fini Interaction
design experiment
I mapped the space
around me, inserting
virtual objects that
are turned on by my
movement. A webcam
frames the scene and
sends the information
to the computer. When
I move my hands in
sensitive areas, the
video reveals the
activated virtual
object by projecting
a colored sphere,
and a synthesizer
play sounds - different
for each colored area
- and it's like playing
a virtual Soundmachine.
Experiments of this
kind have their roots
in the 80s, which
I quote in makeup
and optial clothing.
The experiment is
part of a series of
performances, ideally
dedicated to Eadweard
Muybridge and his
studies on the Science
of motion. In these
performances I invent
different devices
that allow me to paint
the space with light
and the movement of
my body.