I envision flexible space with a higher dimensional structure that is attached to the articulated degrees of freedom of body limbs. The presented application is an enveloping structure similar to a labyrinth, which takes its corridor shape from the orientation and displacement of the user in relation to a grid made of tesseracts (cubes in four dimensions). The tracking device accepts input from the body and links it to tridimensional and four-dimensional transformations, smoothly displaying such interactions in real-time. The motion of the person becomes the graphic element whereas the higher dimensional grid references to his/her position relative to the form of space it modulates, joining calligraphy and design. The person learns how motion inputs affect the grid, recognizing a correlation between the input and the transformations so navigation is then internalized like a dance pattern, and further engage us to maneuver space in order to know and experience.
This work expands on previous collaborations with architects, the music of mathematics and the design process, and implies an approach to map complex relationships as if space was being worn by the person. [ more information ]

AD 509 - Adv Electronic Visualization, Prof. Franz Fischnaller

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