Flux, Interactive Painting

Art Installation, Physical Computing
Exhibited At WQED, Pittsburgh, on December, 2022.

This is a painting easel that allows viewer to co-create a visual representation of their interactions with it. The flow of colored ink through tubes mounted on the easel mixes and creates flux painting on a paper roll.

This art piece transduces the distance between viewer and the installation into a visual representation through the flow of colors, which can vary depending on the flow rates of the ink and the order in which the viewers enter the painting area. When viewer is standing nearby, or simply just passing-by, their horizontal position relative to the installation will be sent to the paint sets. Tubes closest to viewer will have the quickest colors flow, and color sometimes mixes.

There are three basic colors: red, blue, yellow, then are four color combinations available: red and blue, red and yellow, yellow and blue, and red and blue. Within a timeframe, such as one night, the viewers' activity will be documented on the paper through this color flows. The painting can be taken away by the viewers once the paper roll is pulled down and cut.