I have had so many ideas on this the problem is scaling it down to something achievable in the few weeks available ( being a full time student would be nice, being part time with multiple jobs and family commitments sucks, at least I’m not bored).
Its going to be along the idea of ambient art, a dreamlike scene that changes very slowly, but it will also react to outside stimulus.
I thought about hooking parts of it up to various feeds on the web, but have gone off that idea (for the moment).
Although incorporating textures and elements from cached images has some appeal.
I have been going over lots of old links to old experiments, lots of bits on AI (flocking mainly) fluid solvers motion tracking etc . Then I stumbled on some face detection classes, they seem to work when the viewer is pretty well front on, head not rotated, I kind of like the idea that a picture could know when its being watched. This got me thinking that art that location aware is where I might like to go.
I have always had a think for you are here signs, some how seems to fit right in I guess I alway some how thought of them as semi sentient – some sort of mini oracle, sitting there all day just waiting for someone like me to come along and tell me that one thing I desperate to know “Where am I”, “YOU ARE HERE”, the answers always the same and I always happy to read it, there is nothing more location aware than the you are here sign.
So to my piece I can use input from the web cam and microphone to alter the image in my scene, not to some horrible wave your hand see it dance rule set, more subtle than that the picture becomes more complex with more stimulation (as it gets excited) but settles back down when felt alone, it may even build from colours and movement from the camera or alter them and play them back later.
I may make it aware of time, giving different moods at different hours, maybe late at night if you sit very quietly it might come out to play.
My new future goal, encompassing ambient art is intelligent art, ( a very very simple AI, I don’t plan on building anything that might give the Turin Test a run for its money)