Noah Sussman
Image filtered through a soap bubble
NYU's Interactive Technology Program held a show of "new interfaces" at The Tonic. Most of it was music, but in the basement were a few video installations, including this one.
What was truly amazing was the distortion the soap bubble would produce when it was agitated. The "bubble stuff" was exceptionally strong, so it was possible to really distort the bubble's surface and thus get some very interesting visual effects.
This reminded me tangentially of Bryon Gysin's dreammachine: technology used to create almost-random bursts of analog light, and provoke a hallucinatory response in the viewer.
Unfortunately I do not know the name of the designer, although she was very personable and let us play with her machine for a long time.
Image filtered through a soap bubble
NYU's Interactive Technology Program held a show of "new interfaces" at The Tonic. Most of it was music, but in the basement were a few video installations, including this one.
What was truly amazing was the distortion the soap bubble would produce when it was agitated. The "bubble stuff" was exceptionally strong, so it was possible to really distort the bubble's surface and thus get some very interesting visual effects.
This reminded me tangentially of Bryon Gysin's dreammachine: technology used to create almost-random bursts of analog light, and provoke a hallucinatory response in the viewer.
Unfortunately I do not know the name of the designer, although she was very personable and let us play with her machine for a long time.