Project information

submitted by
Sabine Zierold

Co-Authors
Maximiliane Nirschl, Grayson Bailey, Nezar Abualhalaweh, Zaryab Chaudhry, Chanadda Janthivanont,

Mentors
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dipl.-Des. Bernd Rudolf, Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Kästner, Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Ing. Sabine Zierold, Susa Pop, Public Art Lab Berlin, Brian Clark,

Faculty:
Architecture and Urbanism

Degree programme:
MediaArchitecture (Master of Science (M.Sc.))

Type of project presentation
Exhibition

Semester
Winter semester 2018/19

• Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 8 - Hauptgebäude / Main Building
  (Raum 021 / Hauptgebäude)

attractive to children

Participation in the Bauhaus.Modules

Contributors:
Public Art Lab Berlin

Project description

Take part in an experimental, digital design process!
At two separate but virtually connected locations, your movements are captured, computed, and translated into a visualization that is printable on fabric. This fabric is then used to sew unique art tote-bags, available for purchase to take the Digital Thread experience into the analog world.

How does it work?
The visitors movements are captured by a webcam and translated into an abstract visualization. This visualization is directly and immediately affected by other visitors at a second location, creating a live, translocal work of art! The color yellow indicates movement at the other site.
The visual material of a ten minute time span is combined into one long exposure image per location which is sent to a printer. An algorithm determines one frame out of the ten minute window from which to start the printing process. The brightness values of the long exposure image define the way the printer moves the pen. After the first pattern is completed, the process is repeated with the input from the second location.

Created by
Nezar Abualhalaweh / Zaryab Chaudhry / Chanadda Janthivanont / Maximiliane Nirschl
more information at instagram.com/digital_thread19/