Velveteen Rabbit's Burnt Wall Installation

A building burned down in an electrical fire.  The new owners of this space (which would become Velveteen Rabbit) decided to rebuild, leave some of the more interesting burn marks on one portion of the wall, and commission me to make a permanent installation. I took photos of the burn marks, manipulated them in multiple pieces of software, and projection mapped the resulting videos back onto the original wall.  This layering makes for some really interesting and mesmerizing results.  

To invite viewers to stand next to the wall and be a part of the experience, I made this installation interactive with a hacked Xbox Kinect and custom built AV system.  Any time someone steps in front of the wall, their body is outlined and followed with projected light.  Body movements will also generate floaty particles, unveil secret wallpapers and textures, or create a special "ghost friend" who follows people around and copies their actions.

This installation is meant to illustrate how new technologies and human interactivity can come together to breath new life into environments that would normally be demolished and regarded as ugly.