COLORSPACE&SHAPE

An interactive set-up that transforms space, time and movement into an abstract composition of form and color. The installation was designed for the Bauhaus Festivsal 2022.

The triardic ballet is based on a triple order in several layers. Both in the music (triad), the basic colours (red - yellow - blue) and also in its physical attributes (space - form - colour) this triple order is taken up. “colorspace&shape” orients itself respectively to these three characteristics and brings them into the present through state of the art.

By interacting with the installation, each user can become part of a work of art that is defined by space, form and colour. The user‘s movements in the space create abstract forms that capture fleeting movements. The colours change over time.

Das triardische Ballett basiert auf einer dreifachen Ordnung in mehreren Ebenen. Sowohl in der Musik (Dreiklang), den Grundfarben (rot - gelb - blau) als auch in seinen physikalischen Eigenschaften (Raum - Form - Farbe) wird diese Dreifachordnung aufgegriffen. „colorspace&shape“ orientiert sich jeweils an diesen drei Eigenschaften und bringt sie durch den Stand der Technik in die Gegenwart.

Durch die Interaktion mit der Installation kann jeder Benutzer Teil eines Kunstwerkes werden, das durch Raum, Form und Farbe definiert ist. Durch die Bewegungen des Benutzers im Raum entstehen abstrakte Formen, die flüchtige Bewegungen einfangen. Die Farben verändern sich mit der Zeit.

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The project was implemented with the help of the software Touchdesigner and a specially created script. A camera served as optical input for the concept. In the final installation, this was replaced by an Xbox Kinect, which has a depth sensor and can recognize people and silhouettes.

The sensor recognises objects and people at a certain distance and reduces them to a 2-dimensional form. This shape is cropped, colored and shifted or scaled with each new frame and placed behind the current frame. This process runs through a continuous loop. The colors are randomly generated and change in time independent of the input. Due to the many image layers, which are always different from each other, a spatial effect is created again.