The core technology behind the architecture is a wall of virtual bricks that allows one to pump images to the bricks of visitong guests.
The new technology called Brix is composed of a wall of virtual bricks and a camera that sees what is happening in front of the wall. When one approaches the wall, the surface reflects the image captured by the camera, in a thousand rectangular pixels. The image of the inter-actor slips onto the wall and after a few seconds, freezes as a photograph.
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So there you have it Brix, a new form of palimpsestual electronic architecture.
Date: 2001 - 2006
Materials: Presence sensor, camera, video projector, computer, custom software, wall, plexi, projection film
Production: Installation Dimensions: Space 6 x 4 meters, retro-projection 2000 x 1200mm.
Temporary Exhibitions:
2004/05 "Invisibile", Centre for Contemporary Art, Palazzo Delle Papesse, Siena, Italy.
2003..... "HéHé", Mainsdoeuvres, St Ouen, France
Commissions: 2001/06 "Clever Brix", Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, realised in the enterance hall of IDII during a design research residency, with the collaboration of Graham Plumb.
