Pinscreen
An installation inspired by pinscreen animation — a technique that uses a surface filled with movable pins to create textures and shapes.
Recently, Portland organized its inaugural Startup Week, a five-day celebration of our local community. A series of independently organized and managed events took place across the city, and we hosted the closing party at Stublisher’s headquarters with support from SoftLayer Catalyst. With MICK on the decks, we wanted to further encourage community celebration and concert participation within our space.
We took the opportunity to exhibit and gather feedback on a smaller, internal experiment that we had hacked together, which was inspired by pinscreen animation.
The system that powered Pinscreen was built in TouchDesigner, using the depth data from a Kinect v2 sensor to drive the motion of hundreds of particles through a 3D scene. Incoming data was smoothed to create fluid, procedural motion that subtly augmented the architecture of our exhibit space.
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