Artwork 'changes to suit moods'

[Merlion]

Gosh! Imagine that. If this is developed further we may one day see a modern Mona Lisa that responds to us when we look at her.

And pushing the boundaries further, we may see interactive robots that responds to our feeling. Wow.

Artwork 'changes to suit moods' (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5242060.stm)

Artwork that changes to suit a viewer's mood has been created by scientists.

The technology, developed by a UK/US team, enables a digital painting to recognise a person's emotional state and respond accordingly.

Angry faces prompt an image with darker colours, applied in violent brush stokes; a happier person will see more vibrant shades, subtly daubed.

The team said they hope it would provide an interactive experience for art lovers. ....

[zagor]

Marlion
all of this brings to mind something of the sort showed in a movie a few years ago.
I don't remember the title,but pictures on walls were changing color or theme according
to the emotional state of the occasional onlooker. Incredibile...!
ciao zagor.

[anatomist1]

You may be thinking of Minority Report, made from a Phillip K Dick book. In a futuristic shopping mall there were advertising posters that somehow read the identity of passers by, perhaps by some kind of implanted chip, and showed them demographically targeted ads and called them out by name.

[JasonGillespie]

One would think that a better applicaton might be that as the software recognizes the mood of the viewer as a negative one...such as anger or depression/sadness...the image would be one to bring the viewer into a more positive state. They seem to be shooting for the novelty approach however...pseudo-artistic 'mood rings'.

Art isn't merely meant to reflect the way we feel...hopefully it will change it and leave us richer for the experience. Leave it to scientists to miss the point of creating a truly 'interactive digital artwork' and instead create an expensive appliance. Once again we see that technology without vision is still just technology. Perhaps they'll get the idea eventually.

An interesting article though...thanks Merlion.

[zagor]

You may be thinking of Minority Report, made from a Phillip K Dick book. In a futuristic shopping mall there were advertising posters that somehow read the identity of passers by, perhaps by some kind of implanted chip, and showed them demographically targeted ads and called them out by name.

Good try Anatomist1 but the movie's title is not Minority Report. Infact I think
I remember it had something to do with the creation of a software to fraud the
stock market.
Sometimes I find my memory gaps to be somehow annoying if not disturbing..!
Ciao.

[ironman]

Hi, personally, I don't want art work that changes according to my moods. One of the joys of looking at art, is that the pieces change anyway due to the fact that the viewer changes.
There are pieces that, over time, have given me new insights, different feelings and have changed my attitude towards them.
Of course they haven't changed, I HAVE! It's called personal growth (I hope) and comes about through time with an open attitude towards the thoughts and feelings that make up life and art.
Have a nice day,
Jeff

[Merlion]

Instead of going so far as 3D artworks that change with the moods of the viewers, I try to look for interactive sculptures that react and interact with the viewers. Apparently this is not so uncommon. Some examples are linked below.

Interactive Sculpture of Jon Goldman. (http://www.goldmanarts.com/interactive.html)

Interactive sculpture exhibition in Michigan (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HMU/is_11_31/ai_n7578455)

Contemporary Kinetic and Interactive Sculpture (http://artwork-inform.com/sculpture.htm)

[Merlion]

Here we have a very unusual type of interactive sculpture. They are sculpture flowers that react to SMS, or text messaging which means these can come from around the world.

The Future of Media

SMS-Reactive Flowers (http://blog.ipglab.com/?p=28)

A new art exhibition in Australia features sculpture flowers that react to text messages. Created by Matthew Gardiner, the man behind Oribotics, a melding of origami and robotics, the faux flowers respond to text messages from around the world, opening, closing and growing just as any real flower would when exposed to sunlight.