generative audio via touchscreen interface
dimensions variable
2014
The locations of up to four touch points control volume and playback speed of looped excerpts from “Touch Me” by The Doors.
Touch-based devices like smartphones often call out to us, promising a seemingly infinite variety of experiential tools for entertainment, productivity, and performance of identity. These technologies fuse intuitive sight/sound/touch sensory modes into immersed attentional states that can handily trump the massive cognitive dissonance required to continue using them.
(audio excerpt from Beckon in action):
Beckon was created expressly for Together, the inaugural exhibition at Diode Gallery in Portland, OR. Visitors used a single touchscreen to interact with a dozen different artworks throughout the gallery. Their touches were interpreted independently by each piece. The graphics on the touchscreen (shown above) were created by Surya Buchwald.