»make-A-move« 
Light Box
Light Box
© Pat Badani, 2015; "make-A-move" is a new media, site-specific, responsive installation commissioned by Art Souterrain 2015 for Place des Arts, one of the reputed underground malls in Montreal, Canada.
"make-A-move" featured two animated portraits - a female and a male mode
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Information
Pat Badani >
»make-A-move«, 2015 - 2015
Co-Workers & Funding:
Art Souterrain & Agence TOPO co-production, Montreal, Canada.Patrice Coulombe, MAX MsP Counselor. Paul Gascou-Vaillancourt, Production Assistant. Atelier Clark, construction of installation props.
http://www.agencetopo.qc.ca/wp/en/events/event/make-a-move-pat-badani-5-nov-au-5-dec/
http://2015.artsouterrain.com/en/pat-badani/
Technology
Interface
responsive, screen-based video installation in public space/ physical interaction designSoftware
Max MSP
Descriptions & Essays
Pat Badani 30-08-2017
"make-A-move," is an interactive installation involving two encased flat screens, digital animation, and physical computing. Two automated portraits - a female and a male subject photographed by the artist - react to the movements of passersby. Badani invests the work with her apprehension about privacy and personal space in a context of surveillance, and playfully invites visitors to ‘make a move’ thereby triggering a game of cause and effect between the participant and the automated gaze. When walking in front of the two screens, the portraits unremittingly follow visitors with their eyes producing a strong psychological effect on those who feel the weight of their glare. The work was conceived and produced by Pat Badani during a residency at Agence TOPO, in co-production with Art Souterrain, Montreal (2015).
Pat Badani: make-A-move, 30-08-2017, in: Archive of Digital Art "make-A-move," is an interactive installation involving two encased flat screens, digital animation, and physical computing. Two automated portraits - a female and a male subject photographed by the artist - react to the movements of passersby. Badani invests the work with her apprehension about privacy and personal space in a context of surveillance, and playfully invites visitors to ‘make a move’ thereby triggering a game of cause and effect between the participant and the automated gaze. When walking in front of the two screens, the portraits unremittingly follow visitors with their eyes producing a strong psychological effect on those who feel the weight of their glare. The work was conceived and produced by Pat Badani during a residency at Agence TOPO, in co-production with Art Souterrain, Montreal (2015).
Literature
Paule Mackrous. »make-A-move.« Agence TOPO , no. 1 (NOBEMBER 2015): 1.
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