Touch of Kandinsky is an installation in the form of an interactive carpet, aiming to increase the understanding of abstract art, primarily intended for small children visiting art museums or galleries.
It is inspired by the artist Wassily Kandinsky’s writings on the concept of synaesthesia and is based on his painting “group”, from 1937.
The carpet is an experiment in communication, exploring the personal dimensions of the artist’s theory through interactive discovery.
The carpet is designed with different motifs, each sensitive for pressure that activates various sounds when the user touches, walks, presses or rolls over the carpet creating an interactive field. Depending on the pressure and the length of time, the sound twirls and changes subtly. The sounds are especially composed and are inspired by Kandinsky’s work. The multimodal interface supports individual modes of interaction and offers the users to interact with the installation in playful ways.
The sensors are of own production and consist of two layers of aluminum-foiled paper with perforated plastic foam in between. When pressure added the foiled surfaces gets connected and with that working as a switch. The sensors are connected to the MIDI sampler transforming it to MIDI-data, sending the sounds to the speakers.
Watch film about Touch of Kandinsky, HERE
- Partner:
The Interactive Institute, Sweden
