Hand from Above
A giant hand that plays with you on the street.
Hand From Above encourages us to question our normal routine when we often find ourselves rushing from one destination to another. Inspired by Land of the Giants and Goliath, we are reminded of mythical stories by mischievously unleashing a giant hand from the BBC Big Screen. Passers by will be playfully transformed. What if humans weren’t on top of the food chain?
Unsuspecting pedestrians will be tickled, stretched, flicked or removed entirely in real-time by a giant deity.
Hand from Above is a joint co-commission between FACT: Foundation for Art & Creative Technology and Liverpool City Council for BBC Big Screen Liverpool and the Live Sites Network. It premiered during the inaugural Abandon Normal Devices Festival.
A big thank you to Bren O’Callaghan (BBC Big Screens) & Kate Taylor (FACT).
Written using openFrameworks & openCV.
Sounds by Owen Lloyd.
Exhibition history
Media Facades Festival, Brussels 2010
INDAF Festival, South Korea 2010
Glastonbury Festival, BBC 2010
BBC Big Screen Plymouth, 2010
Roppongi Art Night, Tokyo 2010
Leicester Comedy Festival 2010
BBC Cardiff 2009
Abandon Normal Devices 2009
Sep 2009
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