A collaboration with Fish McGill and Andrew Ringler, Enchanted Forest converted a section of Government Center into a magical experience through participants’ hands-on interaction. The forest contained multiple touch points: interactive networked birds, light play stations, and wooden xylophones. The installation highlights the role of trees as an essential part of our public health infrastructure.
The piece was on view during a night-time art festival called Immersion, part of HUBWeek, October 12–14, 2017.
Press
- Getting Geodesic with it at HUBweek (The Boston Globe)
- HUBweek Brings a Touch of Magic to City Hall Plaza (Metro US)
- HUBweek Brings Interactive Art to Boston (The Huntington News)
- HUBWeek Festival Brings 4 Days of Arts, Science and Technology to Boston (The Patriot Ledger)
- HUBweek Immersion Announcement
Code
View the code for the interactive birds on GitHub.
Video
Visual Documentation
Concept drawing by Fish McGill.
Testing an early prototype of the light play station with Andrew in the courtyard at MassArt.
Testing a prototype of a bird one September evening at Government Center.
The Enchanted Forest.
Andrew, a HUBWeek staff member, and me during the installation.
People playing the xylophones.
Kids pulling on some birds. When the birds were pulled, the “eyes” lit up and they let out a bird call, which then rippled out to other nearby birds via wifi.
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