I was born in São Paulo, Brazil. Now I’m a Phd candidate in Science and Technology of the Arts at Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP), in Porto, Portugal. I worked at CITAR, as a researcher and I was recently involved in the organization of the 4th International Conference on Digital Arts (Artech). In 2008 I underwent my internship at Music Technology Group, working with the developers of the reacTable. Some of my works were already exposed in Portugal such as Serralves, Maus Hábitos (Oporto), Centro Cultural de Belém and Culturgest.

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Apr 15, 2010
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CONFRONT

CONFRONT (2007)

Confront is an interactive video installation controlled by the movement of the spectator. Each time someone enters the room (one person at a time) one of the two videos is selected in random function. In one video we have Maria a young woman with liberal political views and on the other António a young guy from a very traditional and conservative background.

Depending on the way the person stands and moves towards the projection the character on the video will “respond”. If the person is really still or moving very slowly, the character responds aggressively. The amplitude and the velocity of the movements are captured by a webcam and received by Eyesweb and Processing.

The main purpose of this project is to provide an interactive communication of the type character-visitant, destroying the barrier between these two “worlds”.

This work was selected and presented in Culturgest (Lisbon, Portugal )during a conference called TeDance.

keywords: video, installation, interactive, motion tracking, real X virtual