CIRCUIT

_{Motion-Tracking Video Sculpture}

Selected for SCRIPTING, a juried group exhibition at TheBLANC Art Space

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The image of oneself subtly combines tangibility and invisibility. One can touch it and feel it but can never see it without the representation in other media. After the invention of electronic devices, images made up of electronic circuits have been displayed on flat screens everywhere for decades. But the image is still intangible, existing only as a form of energy.

To further emphasize and exaggerate how images distort and misrepresent the reality and the conceptions of the self, CIRCUIT captures the energy that enables the image and gives it a mesmerizing twist.

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Duo Project
June 2022
Yulin Fu
Concept Developer + Visual Effect Artist
Interactive Art + Motion Tracking
Touch Designer + CRT TV

PROCESS OVERVIEW

︎ 01 Project Flowchart
︎ 02 Development Process
︎ 03 Testing
︎ 04 Outcome

01 PROJECT FLOWCHART

02 DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

The circuit-bending visual effect was made in Touch Designer:

_{“Ominous Television” Effect}

Using Blob Track TOP module in Touch Designer, this effect can be trigerred by person detection and is automatically turned off if no person is in front of the camera.

This interaction design was inspired by Ominous Television, a horror film trope of a TV suddenly becoming malfunctional. By imitating this effect, CIRCUIT symbolizes the invisible ubiquity of electronic devices in our life.