babel full presentation english
DESCRIPTION
http://www.in-dialog.com/TRANSCRIPT
INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING PLATFORM
Babel is the mythical moment when humanity spoke the same language and thrived to reach the same goal. The fall of babel signified the moment of chaos when individuals where no longer capable of understanding each other’s needs and the collective memory was scattered in a multitude of cultures and civilizations.
Traditionally a collective memory was formed around a group that shared the same territory and could experience over a period of time different communal activities that generated stories.
Today sharing has become a reflex and personal thoughts and ideas are freely exposed for people to see and analyse. Collective memory is no longer bounded by proximity or culture but is defined by the individual’s presence in a certain network. Each individual adds value by their contributions and activities and modifies at different levels the tone of the virtual space. Being cynical we can say that it also fragmented and made it more difficult to obtain a coherent reading of a collective memory.
Our proposal is an installation that records and projects stories in a 3D space, using sound and light to recreate the effect of “swimming in a sea of stories”. We aim to keep an evolving process to explore the potential of the device with different stories.
Synopsis
1. http://www.kolhamevaser.com/2015/05/tower-of-babel-lessons-for-humanity/
- Making off
- Experience
- First test
Videos(clic on the titles)
https://vimeo.com/159033352
https://vimeo.com/156289529
https://vimeo.com/158907423
BABEL V2
BaBel_V2 reflects the virtual power of immaterial networks to share ideas, opinions and experience events collectively. The scenery is computer-generated pattern that takes live input from vines and relays it to spatial coordinates. In essence the algorithm creates a virtual landscape on which we come and add a layer of sounds or recording. The aim of this installation is to create curiosity and to expose us to the overvaluing amount of testimonies that people produce every day online.
This new step in “Babel” installation aim to research the power of social networks as a tool to express and share collective events. Based on an evolutive process, we have been developing an algorithm that generates a virtual landscape in the context of a spatial, visual and acoustic experience. The observer that receives all those information and sensory stimulations is no longer passive. He appropriates the installation, becoming an active explorer.
VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES
Description of the systemThe system works by using a physical model on which a projection mapping in added. The projection mapping animates the model and brings it to life. Sound and testimonies that we have collected from around the world get added to create a soundscape experience that defines the experience.
4. HAUT-PARLEURS*5
1. MAQUETTE
1.80 m
2.50 / 3.00 m
30° 1.40 m1.70 m
3.“KINECT” - CAPTEUR DE MOUVEMENT 2. VIDEO-PROJECTEUR
The setup of the installation is the following:
1. Physical model Engraved wood plus plaster casts
2. Projector suspended at a distance of 2m perpendicular to the model
3. Kinect Sensor to capture hu-man movement.
4. 5.1 Surround Sound System
The user can control a virtual sphere that guides the person towards an audio markers projected on the model. By using hand gestures the observer becomes an active participator in deciding the outcome of the installation. Movements can generate: colors, animations and reveals the 3D Space by illuminating ascertain zones.
When there is no people detected the sphere has a life of its own. It explores the space of the model every time changing its trajectory based on an artificial “curious” behavior.
The main purpose of this installation is to create a closed environment where we can experience the growth of a collective memory in a short time frame. It makes reference to the humble experience of siting around a fire sheering stories. The system is set up so that the experience of exploring the model creates the suspense moment until finding the exact spot on the map where the story attributed to the individual starts. It’s this moment of suspense that confronts the user with the overwhelming sound of the hundreds of recordings that whisper in the background.
As more and more people pass the installation becomes louder and louder, brighter and brighter until it all becomes incomprehensible thus finishing its lifecycle. The model and the audio records of the story augment each other by creating tension and relief moment.
“KINECT” - CAPTEUR DE MOUVEMENT
HAUT-PARLEURS*5
VIDEO-PROJECTEUR
MAQUETTE
SPHÈRE DIGITALENAVIGATEUR DE LA SCÈNE
CONTROLE SPHÈRE 1.
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1.40 m
Description of the experience
Model-draft-
-Engraved wood board1,7m x 1,0m
-Silicone reliefs
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3. Melting the 3D printed pieces4-6. Molds for the casts
1. 3D printing the volumes2. 3D printed pieces covered by a layer of silicone
Process for the casts
Projected 3D Model
The 3D model is generated by an algorithm, building a vertical tower. Each bloc is in a constant evolution and collects information from different civilizations: they decompose, recompose and divide themselves, producing a new landscape reflecting the multicultural side of our contemporary global society.
videos:
https://vimeo.com/148348073https://vimeo.com/155837281
FINAL SETUPBABEL v2
BABEL V1
The first version of the device represents the community around the neighbourhood association La Maison pour tous at Créteil. An urban renewal operation is happening on the site, forcing the older generations to leave their homes for smaller ones, exploding the community. The model had been built directly on site and a series of workshops had been organized with the kids to present them some new technologies. They played with a 3D scanner and got initiated to 3D printing and Arduino (electronic). After earning their trust, we recorded their testimonies as a piece of collective memory to projected them on the map.
The piece was exhibited during two weeks at the MAC Créteil in February 2016. It was the occasion to confront it with the public and see how they would interact with the installation.
This first step in the research on communities lead us to a transition toward the virtual communities, presented before.
EXISTINGCOMMUNITIES
Videos(clic on the titles)
Press
- Making off
- Experience
- Le Parisien
- Time lapse
- Ville Creteil
- MAC Creteil exhibition
https://vimeo.com/155232434
https://vimeo.com/155230478
https://vimeo.com/155229129
https://vimeo.com/155228744
http://www.leparisien.fr/creteil-94000/creteil-l-art-aide-les-habitants-a-raconter-leurs-souvenirs-09-02-2016-5530381.php
http://www.ville-creteil.fr/expo-sition-art-et-ville
Videos(clic on the titles)
Press
- Making off
- Experience
- Le Parisien
- Time lapse
- Ville Creteil
- MAC Creteil exhibition
Structure for Babel V1
The structure was designed with a gear system to have a better control on the angle on the model. It is made of three vertical elements connected together.
BaBel_V1
1. Molds made in wood
2. Plaster casts
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BABEL V1ANIMATION PROJECTED ON THE MODEL
Calin Segal is a young developing artist that started his career in 2012 as a VJ for different venues. He has evolved since then and now focuses on interactive and immersive experiences that use technology as a medium to generate social awareness.
In 2015 he formed the group In-Dialog together with Tiffany Attali and Gerolamo Gnecchi Ruscone. Each of them have a particular approach towards the junction between art, technology and architecture.
Tiffany Attali is an architecture student in London. Active Maker, her work aim to develop the power of new technologies in a social ecosystem.
Gerolamo Gnecchi Ruscone is a young architect living both in France and Italy. He is researching on the creation of virtual spaces to archive disappearing cultures.
In-Dialog has already worked with different public organization and NGO striving to create devices or installation that demand the communities’ interaction. Each piece is a collective effort that encourages participate to create a communal artists expression by adding non digital layers. In alternate he also explored subjects like Discrimination, Incarceration, Human rights and Open source.
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