blink, an interactive projection, was featured in the RISD Graphic Design MFA 2011 Biennial at the Sol Koffler Gallery. blink showcases the thirty-eight designers in the RISD Graphic Design MFA program. The large lobby outside the gallery was the home to this piece. In order to interact with this piece a viewer enters the marked area on the floor in front of the projection. A camera on the ceiling senses the movement and the faces on the projection blink. All thirty-eight students’ names marked on the floor correspond to the faces on the projection. Standing over a particular name makes only that individual blink. The more people in the area the more faces blink. If no one stands in the area all the faces on the projection close their eyes. This was a fun interaction and a great conversation piece while enjoying cocktails at the opening. This project was made possible with processing.

The artist statement reads:
Design is an individual and collaborative process. Art comes from individuals, and design comes from collaboration.

Meet all the 2011/12 students at the interactive web version of this project risd.gd/Class/2011/

This piece originally designed as the 2011/12 class poster (see below).

Thanks to Dinah Fried for giving me the inspiration in a dream Cheers!

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