The Fire Bird is a character activated by a wearable device that reacts to gestures and movement generating sound, light and video effects.

https://fernandogregor.io/2019/12/11/the-fire-bird/

Description

The Fire Bird is a first experiment on building characters exploring interactive wearable technologies. This is a work in progress.

To compose the character, I've created gloves that generate different light, sound and animation effects according to the gestures of the performer that embodies the Fire Bird to tell their story.

Movement 1

The Fire Bird flies away from home because their house was put on fire by someone who couldn't understand the way the Fire Bird was living.

Movement 2

The Fire Bird flies to the city, alone, and finds a place to sleep.

Movement 3

The Fire Bird dreams for so long, that the invisible seed that was inside of their belly grows and turns into a tree.

Questions to keep moving:

What's the seed that is inside of the belly of the Fire Bird made of?

How does the tree that grows from the belly of the Fire Bird look like?

Classes

Intro to Fabrication, Introduction to Computational Media, Introduction to Physical Computing

A two-way wall that detects the intersection of two people's shadows to trigger music.

https://cykimblog.wordpress.com/2019/11/18/pcomp_final-in-progress/

Description

Using shadows as a medium for creating music, we encourage two people to stand on either side of a projection screen and move together to create different sonic outputs. The location and the size of the intersection of shadows will vary the tonal qualities of the music.

Classes

Introduction to Computational Media: Media, Introduction to Physical Computing