Voice-Interactive Data Visualization

Research  I  Installation  I  Group exhibition at Pablo's Birthday gallery in NY '17

Context

Uncertainty Principles of The Invisible is a research project on human interaction between digital and physical space.

The purpose of the study was to create a new interactive experience.

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The universe is made of atoms. Atoms appear to be empty on a fundamental level. The void is filled with invisible energy being generated by the interaction between subatomic particles.

According to the Uncertainty Principle in quantum mechanics, the interaction is understood as randomness. This got me thinking about what randomness would be in our daily life.

I found out an interesting interaction between the dust particles and the human voice.

Our voice makes dust move. An Individual’s voice has a unique sound, which differentiates the dust movement. When there are different sounds of voices in one space at the same time, the movement of dust particles would be more active. The invisible is full of random interaction between dust particles and human voices.

Uncertainty Principle of The Invisible delivers a small universe that contains dust particles interacting with the audience’s voice in real-time.

I like to look at natural phenomena differently and create new experiences.

The small box where the camera points at is a metaphorical sample of the emptiness in the world.

The movement of dust particles is unpredictable, and so is the human voice. Each person has a unique vocal tone and rhythm, which also change depending on emotion and circumstance. When multiple voices come together at the same time, it becomes another interesting composition.