Flowing Touch
Flowing Touch features a new development in VibraFusionLab's range of accessible haptic systems - an 8 channel vibrotactile back cushion developed by Jim Ruxton and fabricated by David Bobier. In this installation currently on view in our Haptic Voices exhibition at the Robert Langen At Gallery, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario the back cushion is integrated into a large scale video projection of an icy waterfall situated in Hamilton, Ontario. A small touch screen mounted on a stand is activated by the viewer sitting in the chair. The sound and vibration from the waterfall video moves around the back cushion in response to the viewer's touch on the screen.
Image description:
A multi media installation is installed in a large room with grey floors and off-white walls. In the middle of the image is a small beige cabinet with one drawer at the top. On the lower shelf are several black mini amps with a black cable running to the back of a chair to the right. A small black touch screen monted on a stand sit slight to the left of the chair at shoulder height of someone sitting in the chair. A large projection of an icy waterfall fills the wall at the end of the gallery room facing the chair.
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Video description (Left):
A gallery space with grey brown floor and off white coloured walls. In the forefront and middle of the image is a low white cabinet with one drawer. On the lower shelf are several black mini amps and a black cable running to the back of a pale brown chair that is to the right of the cabinet. Between the two is a black stand holding a black touchscreen. On the wall is a projection of an icy waterfall. The sounds of the waterfall can be heard.
The camera pans and moves to a closeup of the touch pad where a hand touches the screen with a finger and activating colour circles. The camera moves to show a black back cushion leaning against the back of the chair. After a few seconds the video pans to show a large projection of an icy waterfall in motion.
Video description (Right):
An older white male with white hair in a pony tail and wearing a black sweater and blue jeans sits on a chair with a black back cushion between his back and the back of the chair facing a projection of an icy waterfall on the wall he is facing. With his left hand he traces a path on a touch screen mounted on a stand. The movement of his finger activates red and white circles of colour on the screen, expanding and contracting in proximity to his finger.