still standing was produced in collaboration with Jason E. Lewis. It is an interactive installation that invites participants to stay motionless and contemplate its poetic content, a poem titled seeking sedation. nowadays, designs are created to be decrypted and enjoyed at a glance, requiring no attention span. the piece evolved as a response to the "collapse of the interval". a phenomenon of fast pace culture that rarely allows us a moment to stop and observe. a habit that weakens the fragile approach towards design with dynamic typography.
the installation consists of an amalgam of characters projected on the wall as if they were resting on the floor. when a participant walks in front of the projection, the first reaction of the text is to act as if it was being kicked, pushed by the person's feet. when the participant stops for a short moment, the text is attracted towards his position and moves up, like water soaking his body. the participant can then enjoy a motionless moment and contemplate the textual content that becomes more and more legible. when the user is done and decides to start moving again, the text falls back to the floor and wait for a new interaction.
the installation consists of an amalgam of characters projected on the wall as if they were resting on the floor. when a participant walks in front of the projection, the first reaction of the text is to act as if it was being kicked, pushed by the person's feet. when the participant stops for a short moment, the text is attracted towards his position and moves up, like water soaking his body. the participant can then enjoy a motionless moment and contemplate the textual content that becomes more and more legible. when the user is done and decides to start moving again, the text falls back to the floor and wait for a new interaction.
documentation
publications
inter-inactivity, DAC 2005, Copenhagen, DK
seeking sedation
(the interactive text)
(the interactive text)
five chapters of addiction for my perpertual commotion bring by brain to a stop
the inception of sedation is needed for the waves to break and the spin to reduce
letters to litteral the motionless moment hides for my sight to seduce
the inception of sedation is needed for the waves to break and the spin to reduce
letters to litteral the motionless moment hides for my sight to seduce
references
Wardrip-Fruin, N., From Instrumental Texts to Textual Instruments, 2003Lewis, J., Dynamic Poetry: Introductory Remarks to a New Medium, 1998.
Utterback, C., Text Rain, 1999
