Justin Restauri

"Wall of Sound" is a large scale, interactive drawing and musical installation that combines a custom-built, hands-free digital interface and video projection to give you the unexpected, magical power to draw music in mid-air.

http://justinr.me/2014/04/drawing-on-everything-wall-of-sound/

Description

“Wall of Sound” is a large scale, interactive drawing and musical installation that combines a custom-built, hands-free digital interface and video projection to give you the unexpected, magical power to draw music in mid-air. With a wave of the hand, users generate marks and tones simultaneously across a large video projection (or screen), creating instantaneous musical visualizations. Inspired in equal parts by Brian Eno's “Bloom” app and Disney's “The Sorcerer's Apprentice”, the interface for “Wall of Sound” is powered by the Leap Motion Controller API. A touch-based mobile version is currently under development and may also be displayed as part of this exhibition.

An early iteration of the project was displayed at the Museum of the Moving Image’s Drawing On Everything exhibition (April 11, 2014/Queens, NY); a video of this initial “connect-the-dots” version is available at http://justinr.me/2014/04/drawing-on-everything-wall-of-sound. “Wall of Sound” was originally designed for Shantell Martin's Drawing On Everything course and further developed in Lauren McCarthy's Creative Javascript course.

Classes

Creative Javascript, Drawing on Everything