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The Prix Ars Electronica Archive is a collection enabling search and viewing of all the submissions since 1987. The award-winning projects are documented with catalogue texts and audio-visual media. All other submissions can be searched by title/artist and displayed with year, category in list form. Please cite the credits (artwork name, artist and photographer) and only use the materials if your article is related to Ars Electronica.
Hand from Above
Chris O'Shea
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“Hand From Above” encourages us to question our normal routine when we often find ourselves rushing from one destination to another. Inspired by “Land of the Giants” and Goliath, we are reminded of mythical stories by mischievously unleashing a giant hand from the BBC Big Screen.
Passers by will be playfully transformed. What if humans weren’t on top of the food chain?
Unsuspecting pedestrians will be randomly tickled, stretched, flicked or removed entirely in real time by a giant deity. Actions change depending on how crowded the scene is or on weather conditions.
“Hand From Above” was created using openFrameworks.
Links: http://www.chrisoshea.org/projects/hand-from-above/
Passers by will be playfully transformed. What if humans weren’t on top of the food chain?
Unsuspecting pedestrians will be randomly tickled, stretched, flicked or removed entirely in real time by a giant deity. Actions change depending on how crowded the scene is or on weather conditions.
“Hand From Above” was created using openFrameworks.
Links: http://www.chrisoshea.org/projects/hand-from-above/
Created by Chris O’Shea; http://www.chrisoshea.org; Sounds by Owen Lloyd. "Hand from Above" was created using OpenFrameworks. “Hand from Above” is a joint commission by FACT: Foundation for Art & Creative Technology and Liverpool City Council for BBC Big Screen Liverpool and the Live Sites Network. It premiered during the inaugural Abandon Normal Devices Festival and was selected in 2010 by the British Council Japan to represent the UK at the Roppongi Art Night, Tokyo.
Chris O’Shea (UK) is an artist and designer. He uses technology to make the unimaginable come to life. Inventing new approaches that explore play, human behavior and engagement through interaction design and the visual arts. His works and collaborations have been commissioned by the BBC, FACT, Design Museum London and Science Gallery Dublin, and shown by British Council Japan and Kinetica Art Fair. He is also the author of the “Pixelsumo” blog and co-founder of the event series “This Happened”.