Finally we have published some photographic and video documentation of Distracted. The work is a luminous, interactive, computational media installation of sound, light and translucent sculptural materials. The work is inspired by scientific ice core samples taken in Antarctica.

The software created for the project transforms bitmap graphics into data packets that can be sent over a TCP/IP network to an array of controllable lighting fixtures. The software also allows us to use data from a range of sources to control illumination in real time, such as external sensors (using the arduino physical computing platform) to data sources available online. The outcome is a robust system that allows us to combine existing skills in generative screen based interactive works with controllable lighting systems.

Whilst the form of the work is clearly inspired by ice core samples, we have created technology that gives us a blank 'canvas' that we can sculpt into any form (depending on the data from which inspiration is drawn). That data can be from scientific or historical sources, or can even be drawn in realtime from the network. We will now explore these possibilities through future works.

See the documentation here: http://kuuki.com.au/distracted/