Noemi Martinez-Santiago
Programming for artists
Lab 6, 7 & 8
A Mirror Darkly
brief
lab 6, 7 and 8 work is to research and design your
own photomontage or image-based work.
Its an opportunity to consolidate some of the
techniques we’ve looked at and for you to research the
art historical, social and political context of your work.
Your photomontage can be political, educational, abstract,
its up to you.
When you present it on the last class please
show sketches – or whatever planning tools you used, and please reference your contextual research materials and discoveries.
notes
A Mirror Darkly is the first sketch for an audiovisual installation that works as an oversized and interactive teleidoscope.
Following the principles of an ordinary mirror or “looking glass”, A Mirror Darkly acts as an object whose surface reflects an image. In this case the image is mirrored numerous times giving a new and fascinating vision of the reality or, specifically, ourselves.
Mirrors are commonly used to reflect visible light, but A Mirror Darkly also attempts to reflects other types of wavelengths as for example sound.
In this project I attempt to explore the notion of a mirror as the creator of a visual and auditive illusion. The images and sounds perceived by the user differ from objective reality, creating an imaginary or dreamlike space.
I envision the installation to occupy a dark room. Visitors entering this room will face their own multifaceted reflection, which it'll take over the full length of one of the walls. Visitors will also be faced by the multiplied reflection of their own voice and will be able to interact with the piece.
Please press the following keys to interact with the applet:
RRotates the videoscope clockwise.
ARotates the videoscope anticlockwise.
FRotates the videoscope faster.
SRotates the videoscope slowly
LDraws lines to the screen.
MDraws a new row of videoscopes.
VSlows the framerate
BReturns to normal framerate (60fps).
CClears the screen.
Please not this is only an sketch.
Some of the features haven't been completely developed yet, i.e. the sound mirror effect. So far I have managed to capture sound, but my intention is to be able to sample fragments and reproduce them overlapping.