Pufferfish Displays
ANIMA - PufferSphere XL
The heart of the Pufferfish mission is to introduce people to a different way of thinking about using video in public, to take conventional perceptions and expectations and turn them on their head. It is something which we strive to achieve in our work every day, but when a chance comes along to do something very special, we grab it with both hands.
That very opportunity was presented to us by the talented Dutch artists and designers, Nick Verstand and Frouke ten Velden who, along with the exciting German design studio Onformative, came to us with an idea for using our PufferSphere in a project they called ANIMA:
“The installation investigates how we emotionally relate to a digital being. In order to better understand this relationship we created ANIMA: a spherical digital entity that communicates with us by interpreting our body movements and sounds. A generative being that comes to life through interaction. Like any being, we establish a relationship with it, conscious or subconscious, intended or unintentional. In its generative audio-visual behaviour it portrays its character, and creates the illusion of being sensory.” Nick Verstand - ANIMA
Impressed with the proposed concept, we were very keen to be involved and supplied a PufferSphere XL to act as the ‘digital being’ which evolves with the audience. Hanging the PufferSphere XL in a darkened environment, a glowing flow of visuals which many thought resembled a ‘gas planet’ engrossed and captivated its audience at the first showing of ANIMA during the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE).
ANIMA - PufferSphere XL
The heart of the Pufferfish mission is to introduce people to a different way of thinking about using video in public, to take conventional perceptions and expectations and turn them on their head. It is something which we strive to achieve in our work every day, but when a chance comes along to do something very special, we grab it with both hands.
That very opportunity was presented to us by the talented Dutch artists and designers, Nick Verstand and Frouke ten Velden who, along with the exciting German design studio Onformative, came to us with an idea for using our PufferSphere in a project they called ANIMA:
“The installation investigates how we emotionally relate to a digital being. In order to better understand this relationship we created ANIMA: a spherical digital entity that communicates with us by interpreting our body movements and sounds. A generative being that comes to life through interaction. Like any being, we establish a relationship with it, conscious or subconscious, intended or unintentional. In its generative audio-visual behaviour it portrays its character, and creates the illusion of being sensory.” Nick Verstand - ANIMA
Impressed with the proposed concept, we were very keen to be involved and supplied a PufferSphere XL to act as the ‘digital being’ which evolves with the audience. Hanging the PufferSphere XL in a darkened environment, a glowing flow of visuals which many thought resembled a ‘gas planet’ engrossed and captivated its audience at the first showing of ANIMA during the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE).