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    Body Collective

    Client

    Portland Art Museum

    Date

    June 2009

    Location

    Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

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    Exhibition, User-generated content, Generative graphics, Sensing, Installations

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    A playful photo booth composites visitor portraits with artwork from a museum’s collection and archives the results for the community to browse.

    This free-standing installation in the Portland Art Museum was deployed in concert with the museum’s exhibition Marking Portland: the Art of Tattoo. Integrated into an alcove adjacent to one of the busiest thoroughfares in the museum, this two-sided experience literally merges the museum’s community and collection. On a large display on the inner side of the unit visitors walk up and see themselves with details of artwork blended onto their likeness. A row of scrolling thumbnails lets visitors browse and select the artwork they want to see on themselves. After a few seconds an image is captured of the composite and added to the Body Collective collection where it can be viewed on the outer side of the unit. On this screen visitors can browse through thumbnails of every image captured since the exhibition opened to observe the playful convergence of art and audience.

    Press & Awards

    HOW, Interactive Design Awards, Outstanding, Kiosks, 2010

    One of the traditions of visiting a museum, for better or worse, has been to be hands-off with the artwork, creating a separation between art and visitor...this installation breaks down that metaphor, merging the collection with the community.

    Communication Arts, Interactive Design Annual, Experimental, 2010

    A nice blend of design and technology, this experience does an excellent job of immersing the user in the content of the museum exhibit in a unique and wonderful way. Simple, yet engaging in its approach, it does one thing extremely well.

    Rosey Awards, Winner, Interactive Advertising/Kiosks, 2009
    Rosey Awards, Judges Favorite, 2009

    Credits

    Lead Designer
    Christian Bannister
    Technology Director
    Thomas Wester
    Developer
    Vance Feldman
    Hardware and Engineering
    Matt Arnold
    Production Artist
    Rebecca Rosen
    Production/QA Assistant
    Elizabeth Bourke
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