4d pixel: if these walls could react
By Barb Dybwad 
posted June 18th 2005 12:29PM
posted June 18th 2005 12:29PM
Daan Roosegaarde's 4d pixel is an interactive surface that reacts physically to stimulation by voice and music. The dynamic wall's surface is made of hundreds of physical "pixels" that activate in response to stimuli to display patterns or text. The concept is to explore the possibility of spaces that are responsive and adaptive to their inhabitants, as an interface controlled directly or indirectly via physical activity. 4d pixel is currently in exhibition at Berlage Institute in the Netherlands, and is being developed on a large scale as a public building facade.
I hope I'm not the only one feeling that we've entered a world that is very Terry Gilliam -esque. And in just moments time itself will bend into inextricably odd shapes.
Yawn, looks like another projector+surface+motion tracker='art'. Seen it before, just a new 'theory' behind it. I'm so jaded.
Are the pixels gonna die like the PSP's screen???
Looks interesting.
well considering theres no lights, somehow i doubt it....
what a world we live in, eh? couldnt the money spend on these projects feed people? even if it was just a few for just a cppl of days
Jazzay I totally agree with you. As long as there are people starving, silly "art" projects such as this shouldn't exist.
Justin no no- no beamer stuff here- check the link. just hardcore materials- I saw this in NY.
Who do think you are? To be so ignorant to think to be able to judge if a arts project is worth being thought and built. There was a time in history where people dared to judge what is the "right" art and even who has the right to live. You exactly use the same (non)arguments just with a pretended humane reason.
I agree with Florian. Anyway, if you're worried about money being spent at "silly art projects" instead of starving people, I suggest you stop surfing this "silly" internet and use your time to earn money to spend at all those starving people you care so much about. Get real.
Anyway, I saw this thing in real, one of it's makers graduated from the same Academie as I'm studying at. It's rather impressive stuff!
Florian I am not bashing the arts, I am bashing the large amount of money used to create this art. I think art is a wonderful thing, however spending so much money on something like this is silly and wrong when there are millions of starving people on this earth.
Actually I don't think that this project really costed that big amount of money... we're talking about two students making this, sponsored by a few company's and the rest probably came form the pockets of these students, and that probably won't be that much!
ok- glad that we solved this feeding topic.
Bonus question remains: who knows a nice, good context. Anyone?