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Custom Catastrophe

This is a recording of a session with the interactive installation that I presented as part of Nuit Blanche North in Huntsville, Muskoka, Ontario on July 22, 2023. It was coded by me in C++ using OpenFrameworks - a framework for creative coding specializing in interactive audio and visuals. I also used Blender for the 3D models, SuperCollider for the sound, and a Kinect sensor to capture participant's movements.
These are the projected visuals and the accompanying sounds that participants experienced when they approached the installation. The closer people were, the crazier and more explosive the object's movements were. The sounds were triggered when the objects collided, thereby producing audio compositions that way. There were many audio 'sets' - different collections of sounds. You can hear the results in the following album:

https://robgillthings.bandcamp.com/album/custom-catastrophe

The dynamics of the installation is based on the 'rice pile' of self-organizing criticality - ie. irregular avalanches and possibly emergent phenomena. That is what you see going on in the teal coloured box in the upper left hand corner. It is this complex system, the intensity of which is determined by the proximity of participants to the sensor, that determines where and how much force is applied to the different objects.

What I really wanted to present in this show was a way for participants to generate, through their actions, a glorious and beautiful mess. A pile of stuff and the accompanying sounds.


This was my first project using OpenFrameworks, C++, and Kinect and I am pleased to announce that it worked! It took six months to develop and I was very uncertain the entire time as to whether I could pull this project off or not - even right up to the morning of! It was a real relief to finish the evening having experienced zero crashes, and zero errors. The reception was great, people of all ages were enthusiastic and engaged. It was a lot of fun.
More details at the following links:

Custom Catastrophe prints and paintings:
https://things.robgillthings.net/collections/custom-catastrophe?page=3

short video of the event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g-9RPKxj_w

project page:
https://robgillthings.net/projects/custom-catastrophe/

event page:
https://robgillthings.net/shows/evnets/nuit-blanche-north-series/custom-catastrophe/

other Nuit Blanche North projects:
https://robgillthings.net/shows/evnets/nuit-blanche-north-series/

the Custom Catastrophe album:
https://robgillthings.bandcamp.com/album/custom-catastrophe



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