Come one come all, the ITP Winter Show will be held on Dec 16 2-6PM and Dec 17 4-8PM. So much good stuff to see. I’ll be showing Bird on a Wire, some Printing Code, and R.I.C. the Dancing Robot.
ITP
721 Broadway, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10003
A great project I’ve been a part of, BIRD ON A WIRE, will be on display from Oct 26 - 29. Opening reception is Oct 26th, 8:00PM, come one come all.
‘Bird on a Wire’ is a projected interactive display created for a pair of storefront windows at the corner Mercer St. and Washington Pl. in Manhattan. By calling a number a passerby can set birds perched on telephone wires into motion while listening to their flocking sounds on a cellphone.
Each bird is individually mapped to the space’s physical set design and the animation is triggered when the birds receive a call to the designated number. The installation transforms a traditional storefront into a literal call to action - engaging pedestrians into a playful two way interaction.
Created by: Ben Light, Christie Leece, Inessah Selditz, and Matt Richardson, four Master’s students at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) for Pop-Up Window Displays class taught by Gabe Barcia-Colombo.
Opening: October 26th at 8pm. On view nightly through the 29th.
POP UP WINDOWS CLASS INSTALLATION TIMELAPSE from Gabriel Barcia-Colombo on Vimeo.
Come see the windows in person 10/26 at 8pm 283 Mercer.
The interactive window display I’ve been working on with Christie Leece, Inessah Selditz, and Matt Richardson will be on display next week. Come on by.
Work by:
Engin Ayaz
Allison Berman
Dollee Bhatia
Phil Groman
Patrick Muth
Christie Leece
Ben Light
Alex Olivier
Matt Richardson
Inessah Selditz
Kaitlin Till-Landry
Phan Visutyothapibal
Allison Eve Zell
Opening October 26th at 8pm 283 Mercer Street NY 10003
On display 10/26-10/29
The jacks held Pixel Drop, a window installation on Waverly Place and Broadway, in place by putting pressure between the wall and the window.
Turn buckles, bolts, and rubber stoppers used to make jacks. Worked like a charm.
Pixel Drop from B.Light Design on Vimeo.
Pixel Drop is a window installation that I worked on with Christie Leece and Allison Berman.
It was installed on Waverly Place at Broadway. When you place your hand on the hand shaped decal, the corresponding colored ping pong ball will drop. Simple but fun.
Assignment: Elicit a double take.
Matt Richardson and I had a pretty straightforward idea, attach a tetherball to a street sign and see if passers-by not only take notice of it but actually engage in this familiar game in an unfamiliar setting.
A quick experiment for (hopefully) a bigger generative art sculpture. Composed of 9 objects, a turned plywood form, a spun metal shape formed over the plywood (more on metal spinning later), and an ice piece cast inside the hollow of the spun metal form. One piece could not be made without the previous. Then times that all by three.
The ITP Winter Show was kind of a blur, but it went great. So many amazing exhibits. Below are some quick videos of Kinetic Sculpture 5 in action.
I worked with some great people on this little video project we called “Run Go Exit”. Our character has the ability to travel through electronic screens – this is a not so normal day in his life.
