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πŸŽ›οΈπŸ“Ί Manipulate Video with Custom Physical Interfaces!

Date: June 12, 2025 1:30-3pm


Session Leaders: Oliver Norred


Format: Hybrid (In-person with online access)


Tags: #arduino β€’ #processing β€’ #video β€’ #interactive β€’ #media β€’ #installation


Please bring:

  • An Arduino board or other microcontroller with USB cable

  • A dial or switch or sensor of your choice (potentiometer, button, magnetometer, etc)

  • A computer with Processing installed

  • A video to mess around with (or a phone/camera to take a video with)

You will learn about:

  • πŸ”ŒπŸŽ›οΈ Sending/receiving serial data, based on a sensor or dial or switch, over USB, from an Arduino to Processing or other software on your computer

  • πŸ“ΊπŸŒŸ Scrubbing, cutting, or morphing video with Processing

  • 🎨 And then using said serial data to play with said video!

Here's a video of an installation I made a few years ago with this technique:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBE_h7LXp5Y

Here's some example code for you to download if you want to experiment before our workshop:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kfvEfRWiDEQWoxYP7kBGiRsiSTS4FppT?usp=sharing