Sunday
02Nov2008
Pulse Park
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Sunday, November 2, 2008 at 06:43PM in Entertainment Technology, Interesting Show by John Huntington
Sunday, November 2, 2008 at 06:43PM in Entertainment Technology, Interesting Show by John Huntington Last night I checked out Pulse Park, in Madison Square Park. It's an interactive art piece by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and it's pretty cool.
Observers place their hands on a pair of sensors (like you'd find on a machine at the gym), and then 200 ETC Source 4 luminaires pulse to the person's heartbeat:
(You can hear the generator loading down on each pulse).
When the audience member lets go, their heartbeat is added to the previous 200, and they sequence on one at a time and then mix together:
It runs until November 17th, stop by and see it if you can!
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Reader Comments (2)
Thanks for this post! I just wanted to drop you a line as I have enjoyed your book very much and follow your work. Hope to meet you in person one day! Best, Rafael
Took a look at it on Saturday night. Nice clean in installation. However, who ever owns the generator is going to not be happy. The generator is sadly trying to keep up. A larger plant in would be better off and running with the load demand throttle control overridden.