Artist Statement
Resonance Device: Echoes of the Unseen is an interactive installation that explores the emotional landscapes embedded within abandoned and everyday objects. It suggests that after a disaster, what remains, like shattered glass, thorny debris, old infant shoes, are not merely remnants, but vessels of memory. These objects hold traces of the lives they once touched, silently narrating stories of absence, trauma, and survival.
This project investigates the human response to such emotionally charged artefacts by transforming sensory interaction into a means of storytelling. Through a rotary encoder, participants engage with a device that responds with evolving soundscapes and visuals, eliciting the sensation of the fight-or-flight response. Except here, there is no flight. The audience is invited to stay, to feel, to confront what lingers in silence.
By connecting gesture to sensory feedback, It invites participants to engage with memory not through narrative, but through presence. It’s less about telling a story and more about evoking a feeling, one that emerges through the subtle interplay of sound, image, and physical interaction.
This project investigates the human response to such emotionally charged artefacts by transforming sensory interaction into a means of storytelling. Through a rotary encoder, participants engage with a device that responds with evolving soundscapes and visuals, eliciting the sensation of the fight-or-flight response. Except here, there is no flight. The audience is invited to stay, to feel, to confront what lingers in silence.
By connecting gesture to sensory feedback, It invites participants to engage with memory not through narrative, but through presence. It’s less about telling a story and more about evoking a feeling, one that emerges through the subtle interplay of sound, image, and physical interaction.
Arduino Circuit
For this project, we used a rotary encoder connected to an Arduino Nano 33 IoT to allow physical interaction with the installation. The encoder captures the direction and amount of rotation and sends this data to TouchDesigner via serial communication.
Arduino Setup
The Arduino code reads the rotary encoder’s movement and sends numerical values through the serial port. Each turn of the knob increases or decreases a counter, which is then printed to the serial port in real time. Here's a simplified version of the Arduino logic:
Arduino Setup
The Arduino code reads the rotary encoder’s movement and sends numerical values through the serial port. Each turn of the knob increases or decreases a counter, which is then printed to the serial port in real time. Here's a simplified version of the Arduino logic:
void loop() {
int newPosition = encoder.read();
if (newPosition != oldPosition) {
Serial.println(newPosition);
oldPosition = newPosition;
}
}
int newPosition = encoder.read();
if (newPosition != oldPosition) {
Serial.println(newPosition);
oldPosition = newPosition;
}
}
