Jin booked many rooms at ECA and Evolution House to test the effects. For example, ECA C02, E15A, E15B, B55. Considering the shadows, and the effect of room size on sound and projection, we finally chose E15A as our final exhibition room. And three projectors were used. Sound to complete our final project. Starting to tune the software and change the details. Adjusting the order of the music in Max, etc. I created three clips, and after many tests, we chose to composite one for playback.
We started making the water tank, cutting the PVC sheets and glueing them with a glue gun, making the water tank, cutting the PVC sheet and glueing the PVC sheet with a glue gun and placing the water tank. We needed to shine the water tank at a 45-degree angle downwards and raise the tank. We wanted the tank to wobble slightly to add more water ripples, so we decided to hang hooks from the ceiling and the corners and use four wires to lift the tank. We then tested the height of the tank to see if it could support the lights, the speed of the drip unit, as well as the weight of the tank. Finally, we fixed the drip unit to the tank.
Sound test, adjusting the speaker position. As our room was small, I used a Bluetooth stereo and adjusted the position of the sound several times to hear where the sound was being produced. Then fit the water tank so that the amplitude affects the music. Different ripples are produced. Images are created not only by the vibrations and intensity of the music but also by the microphone radio, which changes according to the sounds made by the audience. The whole experience is fun as the audience shouts, jumps, snaps their fingers, claps, sings and otherwise interacts in ways that add to the variation of the images. The audience can stand in the room and interact by creating sounds, including singing, clapping and stamping their feet, and observing the corresponding changes created by the digital ripples. Front Life and Side Life are created by shooting two videos with the same content but at different angles, which are processed by MAX and then received through the camera as content-filled in-projected content. This video shows a slice of a person’s life, from walking alone, standing up after being provoked, falling, getting frustrated, being helped by a stranger, and having a friend to spend time with ……
As the room walls were rather messy, we hung curtains on the walls to ensure that the projection would be clean. We wound various coloured threads, and these twisted coloured lines represent the outside world’s influence on people. They are like various rules and potentially profound impressions that bind us and will always be projected at some point in our lives. At the same time, we have laid tinfoil underneath the water tank. We wanted to create a richer light and visual effect through its reflective effect. We are adjusting the angle of the light to test the water wave effect. Adjust the position of the computer so that Max recognises the projected image in real-time. Interpreting the images on the three walls
The water ripples consist of three projected walls and a device. The three projection walls are the projection of the inner world, the front and side views of life. The projection of the inner world is a sound visualisation created by the feedback function of TouchDesigner, which is based on the audio received by the microphone and the visual audio received by MAX generated by MAX, which shows the corresponding sound frequencies and intensities by the shape of the ripples.
