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Ribbons: a live cinema visual instrument.

Ribbons is a relatively small real-time visual instrument created for maximizing the expressiveness of the performer within its aesthetic paradigm. Its design questions the basic assumption of a flat rectangle traditional as projection space by presenting a virtual three-dimensional space where the footage (or live video) can be projected and deconstructed, adding a new dimension of expressiveness orthogonal to traditional narrative.

I worked with the following design axes: playability vs. autonomy, expressiveness vs. narrative, and originality, and applied some of the basic techniques of Human-Computer Interaction and digital lutherie.

I have used the instrument in several performances, being the last at Panoramica, in Buenos Aires, with music composed by Gabriel Córdova, under my direction.

Different versions of the software were used in different performances, examples being: Museos en la Noche with art collective MUX, or a performance for the Uruguayan Cluster of Design at the Planetario Municipal.

For more information about the instrument, there is a paper that I published in ISEA 2009 – Singapore, that you can read here.

I also gave a talk in DorkBot.mvd where I did a really little performance, that Brian Mackern uploaded to YouTube:




Finally, here are some pictures (you can return to the post using your browser’s back button):