Waldweg im Herbst is a light installation inspired by the beauty of the German landscape. Especially in autumn, when all the colors of the leaves and the natural light change. The installation consists of 3 transparent acrylic glass boxes which are collaged with leaves and branches collected in the countryside. In particular, in the German forests. At the top of each box there’s a main branch with leaves which are attached to a motor controlled by the Arduino and produces a gentle movement. The LEDs change slowly their colour into the range of autumn colours. The light is projected through the leaves and the different colour of light and the vicinity of the boxes will create a multiple shadow effect. 

Waldweg im Herbst

Arabesque was created in 2016 for the XX1 international exhibition curated by the Triennale di Milano. It is a mixture of old and new. Traditional and innovative. Bringing forgotten art to life in the second decade of the 21st century with the help of code, electronics and light technology. The concept of this work is to create a repeating tile that when put together with other tiles of the same pattern creates a large “tapestry” which changes together every few seconds. The patterns were designed so that when combined with other tiles, they will create new and different patterns. The inspiration for the patterns come from Islamic art and architecture, found in the Middle East and north Africa as well as some parts of Spain and Italy.  

Each tile is made of plywood which is CNC machined to create the pattern’s grooves in which the light is incorporated. The light is programmed and controlled by an Arduino micro controller.   

Arabesque

Is a dynamic object which explores my early fascination with mirroring lights and geometry. It is equipped with a movement sensor which stops the endless movement when someone approaches the object. The colors and geometry were chosen in order to create a never-ending cut reminiscing of a precious stone. It is made with acrylic glass, mirror tape, LEDs and motors and is controlled by an Arduino. 

Ismargad

Triangolini is a collaborative and interactive art project, where people can express their creativity and continue, change and complete each other’s work.  Commissioned by the Amsterdam light festival 2014-2015, Triangolini, is a combination between childhood games and street art. In this artwork, spectators are encouraged to participate and intervene in the artwork, in order to complete it.  The light installation is designed as a large toy, in which people move around the triangles on top of a large illuminated surface to create new patterns. The construction is made with six light boxes that measure 1.2x0.96 m each and are attached to each other to create a long, illuminated surface. On top of this surface are applied four layers of pre-cut stickers in the shape of equilateral triangles.   

Triangolini

Is a generative platform based on the idea that an algorithm which uses data from a weather sensor located close by can generate different patterns based on the reading from that sensor. It is a poetic way to read data in a way that is both aesthetic and thought provoking. Do we really need to know the exact temperature, humidity or atmospheric pressure? Or could we interpret patterns in a way which is not as precise but transmits more of a feeling.  The installation is based on 4 Raspberry pi connected to one another via WIFI and receiving data from weather sensors connected to an Arduino. The algorithm is written in processing and the sketch is displayed on a LED Matrix. 

Meteo Generative

Some people find comfort in a horoscope, others in talking to a psychic. I find that the comfort that comes to people sometimes from motivational quotes has a lot in common with the previous two phenomena I’ve mentioned. Both are vague and can be interpreted to accommodate different situations. In this installation I try to capture this phenomenon. 

In this voice activated interactive and even immersive experience, a quote selected from a collection of quotes gathered from Pinterest, is projected in response to a question voiced into a microphone. The platform is built by using 3 Raspberry Pis each running a Processing sketch which reads a file and generates the letters. One of the Raspberry Pis is a server and the other two are clients. The server is connected to a microphone which sends a message to the other two whenever the microphone detects a voice. Each of the Raspberry pi´s is connected to a beamer which projects the sketch onto the wall.  

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