In 2016, I was invited as the first 3-month resident artist at the Artspace ELEVEN (élèves), an artistic initiative in a rural location which provides a forum for contemporary art forms outside of urban cultural centres. During that time I developed various artistic software tools to visually interact with architecture and sculptures. Reacting to the presence of refugee families nearby the former school building in which the residency took place, I also developed an interactive installation based on google’s translate API.
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Tool for creating animated light simulations with virtual objects.
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Tool for creating animated vector paths. Projection on sculpture and architecture inside the former school building at the Artspace ELEVEN.
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A flock of virtual birds flying autonomously over an eternal three-dimensional landscape. Words and sentences written by participants were translated by the google translate API in realtime and appeared within the installation as cloud formations.
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Words and sentences posted by participants appear as cloud formations within the installation. The cast shadows of the cloud formations express google translations of the written text.
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Tool for creating animated light simulations with virtual objects.