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BETTER HANDS
Better Hands exposes the relationship between humans and technology in the creative process. The installation captures electric signals and inertial measurements from the arm of the interactor as raw input. The signals are then fed to discrete dynamical systems, which generate brush patterns, and moderate user input to the robotic arm. The arm holds a brush that strokes on a tablet, creating digital paintings. Better Hands is an interactive installation that explores the limits and the role of tools in the creative process. It questions the nature of authorship by bringing the interface closer to the body, while empowering it with embedded agency. The artwork invites us to reflect on the effect of modern technology on the basic act of creation and whether we control or are defined by it.
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Project date
2017 Type of founding FAPEMIG/CNPq/PROPPG-UEMG/ACM/Virginia Tech’s Computer Science Department Authors Pablo Gobira (UEMG/Brasil) Wallace Lages (Virginia Tech/USA) Francisco Marinho (UFMG/Brasil) Was a part of the following exhibitions: ACM CREATIVITY AND COGNITION 2017: LIFELONG CREATIVITY, LEARNING, AND INNOVATION (NATIONAL GALLERY OF SINGAPORE, Singapura) jun/2017 This artwork resulted in an article http://www.wallacelages.com/uploads/1/0/4/3/10435514/cc-acm-proposal-cameraready.pdf |
