Touching Thoughts

By Regine
on December 16, 2004 11:35 AM
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"Touching Thoughts", by Belgian artist Sara Nuytemans, is an interactive, mixed-reality installation that shows the video image of a woman’s head on a screen placed in front a table with a layer of real water on top.

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The video starts when someone takes place in the chair facing the table. When the woman blows into the water, the technical part takes care of the effect, and a wind is produced that really appears to originate from the image.

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Belgian artist Sara Nuytemans created an interactive "mixed reality" piece. Using an image of a lady's face and a very flat surface of water. When the subject (person) sits in front of this piece, the video begins with the woman... Read More

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