Lights at South St Seaport
An interactive public art piece for the at the South Street Seaport. The project is series of interactive lighting elements that are touch reactive, allowing visitors to author and "play" the artwork rather than just seeing it. Globally the design takes the form of a synthesizer, a timer or pulse is virtually generated and passes through the field of elements. If an element has had human contact recently it will activate the light and play a note. The chorus of notes and light form a spatial experience that is hard to predict and simulate.
Client : Softlab
Scope : Electrical Engineering and Industrial Design
Date : 2019
Location : New York, NY
Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
The lighting element is constructed using minimal detailing allowing the interactivity and light to be foregrounded. The pole is a composite of a steel core with aluminum and acrylic finishes.
Behind this metal sleeve is a micro controller which senses for human contact through capacitive sensing. It then relays the data back to a main computer that runs the entire installation.
