“Synthetic Nature” is a speculative exhibition about the intersection of biology and technology. It imagines programmed ecosystems and hybrid organisms, pairing organic motion with digital precision to question what life means when nature becomes engineered.
CHALLENGE
Finding the right input for the installation was difficult, I needed something visitors could use easily and that worked reliably in the space.
APPROACH
After testing sound, humidity, and touch sensors, I selected a camera based color detector for its stability and responsiveness. It reads hue changes from user interaction and triggers growth without environmental interference.
Living Letters is an interactive installation where sensors, cameras, and generative typography create a system that breathes and grows with human presence. Here, letters act like living organisms, shifting the interaction from control to coexistence.
Living Letters uses Processing, computer vision, and color detection to build a responsive typography system that reacts to presence and touch. The interaction becomes a soft cycle of growth and decay, inviting participants into a feedback loop where language and the body move together.
Step 1 – Activation A webcam senses distance, causing the letters to breathe with the viewer’s movement.
Step 2 – Evolution Touching colored materials causes hue shifts the camera detects, triggering subtle growth as letters stretch and change.
Step 3 – Reset After a few seconds of stillness, the system resets. The letters return to their original form, ready to respond again.
Working process
1) Input explorations
I tested sound, humidity, and touch sensors, but the camera based color detector proved the most responsive and became the final input for the installation.
1. Sound as Input:
As the user generates sound (breathing), the letters start to move and grow in response to the frequency and volume of the sound.
I tested sound, humidity, and touch sensors, but the camera based color detector proved the most responsive and became the final input for the installation.
2. Sensors as inputs
2) Installation setup
Booklet
Print Collateral
Spacial
Software: P5js, Cavalry, Cinema 4D, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects
* The images and videos only use for educational and non commercial use.
