Making your own waves in the 'Vortices' art installation
Technology allows you to experience art in a direct way by physically becoming part of the exhibition, and TeamLab is on the forefront of that movement. The Japanese art collective is at it again with a new exhibition at Melbourne's NGV (National Gallery of Victoria) Triennial called Moving Creates Vortices and Vortices Create Movement . It's a hypnotic melange of art, interactivity and spectacle that shows how humans impact their environment and vice-versa. The technology is similar to what we've seen with Microsoft's RoomAlive and from companies like Theoriz , using sensors and projectors, and crunching everything with a powerful computer. However, TeamLab's execution is particularly effective and poetic. When you move within the large space at the NGV (made larger by mirrors on the walls), the sensors track your location and send a signal to the computer. A computer generates a stream of particles that follow you via a projection on the floor. "The fas...