{"id":587,"date":"2015-06-29T02:22:40","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T02:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/main\/?p=587"},"modified":"2015-09-14T14:25:50","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T14:25:50","slug":"lantern-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/main\/lantern-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Lantern Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lantern Field, an interactive installation with paper, light and sound\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FxVcK_n_u9c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Lantern Field\u00a0<\/em>is the first larger scale interactive site-specific art\u00a0installation\u00a0developed in collaboration with Aki Ishida, Benjamin Knapp, and Brennon Bortz. Funded\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0National Cherry Blossom Festival and Smithsonian\u2019s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, and co-sponsored by Virginia Tech Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (<a href=\"http:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/main\/icat\/\">ICAT<\/a>), Virginia Tech National Capital Region office, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, and the School of Performing Arts (<a href=\"http:\/\/performingarts.vt.edu\">SOPA<\/a>), as well as Philips Color Kinetics and the Japan Foundation New York\u2019s arts and culture grant, the $54,000 project builds upon the previous smaller-scale collaboration of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vtnews.vt.edu\/photo-galleries\/2012\/102712-lanterns\/lanterns-gallery.html\">Luminous Kite Lanterns<\/a>\u00a0that in many ways served as the collaborative pilot. In addition, it\u00a0introduces a community engagement component.<\/p>\n<p>Five architecturally distinct loggias were equipped with ultrasonic proximity sensors, dedicated speakers, and LED lights. As sensors in each\u00a0loggia\u00a0detected increased human presence, its programmable LED lights became richer in hue, color, and tone, while the motion detected by the ultrasonic proximity sensors was translated into a virtual kinetic motion used to generate a surreal pendulum-driven\u00a0melody of\u00a0bamboo-like resonant chimes. Each loggia was given a specific set of pitches, while activity exceeding a predefined threshold resulted in deep notes percolating through adjacent loggias in a form of a wave. My task was implementing the interactive aural layer, including filtering captured sensor data,\u00a0the pendulum simulation, and its artistic aural rendition. In the video above, you can hear a collage of the ensuing activity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Interactive-Lantern-Field-2-photo-by-Jeff-Goldberg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-597\" title=\"Lantern Field at Smithsonian Freer Gallery (photo by Jeff Goldberg)\" src=\"http:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Interactive-Lantern-Field-2-photo-by-Jeff-Goldberg-e1440815180946-1024x669.jpg\" alt=\"Lantern Field at Smithsonian Freer Gallery (photo by Jeff Goldberg)\" width=\"730\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Interactive-Lantern-Field-2-photo-by-Jeff-Goldberg-e1440815180946-1024x669.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Interactive-Lantern-Field-2-photo-by-Jeff-Goldberg-e1440815180946-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Interactive-Lantern-Field-2-photo-by-Jeff-Goldberg-e1440815180946.jpg 1995w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another important aspect of this project is its community engagement.\u00a0Over the course of three days, Freer gallery hosted\u00a0thousands\u00a0of visitors, a number of whom partook in the installation design by providing their own paper-folded lanterns that were integrated in the final installation by being suspended from the ceiling-mounted shoji screens. Some participants opted for further ornamenting their paper with drawings. Consequently, participants&#8217; contributions became integral part of the ensuing location-aware artwork with technology posing merely as\u00a0the\u00a0environment designed to promote\u00a0community engagement and highlight community&#8217;s contributions.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lantern Field\u00a0<\/em>premiered April 5-7, 2013, as part of the\u00a02013 National Cherry Blossom Festival and has since received a number of awards.\u00a0In summer 2013, it received AL Light &amp; Architecture Design <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archlighting.com\/design-awards\/2013-al-light-architecture-design-awards_o\">Award<\/a>.\u00a0Special thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colorkinetics.com\/showcase\/installs\/Lantern-Field-Smithsonian\/\">Philips Inc.<\/a> for donating over $30,000 in programmable LED lighting for this project.\u00a0Additional media materials are available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vtnews.vt.edu\/photo-galleries\/2013\/062013-icat-lantern\/lantern-gallery.html\">VT News<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icat.vt.edu\/lantern%20field\">ICAT<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.esto.com\/newsroom\/lantern-field-wins-lighting-award-photographs-by-jeff-goldberg\">Esto&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0websites.<\/p>\n<p>Design\u00a0Team:<br \/>\nBrennon Bortz (VT)<br \/>\nIvica Ico Bukvic<br \/>\nAki Ishida (VT, project lead)<br \/>\nBenjamin Knapp (VT)<\/p>\n<p>Research Publications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/PDF\/NIME2013_Lantern_Field.pdf\">Bortz, B., Ishida, A., Bukvic. I., and Knapp, B. (2013). Lantern Field: Exploring Participatory Design of a Communal, Spatially Responsive Installation. New Interfaces for Music Expression. Seoul, Korea: NIME.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lantern Field\u00a0is the first larger scale interactive site-specific art\u00a0installation\u00a0developed in collaboration with Aki Ishida, Benjamin Knapp, and Brennon Bortz. Funded\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0National Cherry Blossom Festival and Smithsonian\u2019s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. 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