Frontera v.2 / portrait is an interactive installation that works mainly with real-time video manipulation in response to the user’s actions. Technically speaking, this work is based on computer vision and motion tracking technologies. A first version of the interactive portrait (Frontera v.1) was developed at the Center for Multimedia, Mexico, and has been successfully shown in numerous venues. During the recently concluded artistic residency at Montevideo, Time Based Arts, Amsterdam, the portrait was improved by developing an open source toolkit that may also be used by other artists. Another main improvement was the addition of a new component, the videobooth made available for public use. This new component transformed Frontera v.2 in collection of playful self portraits, thus, a study about the relation of the contemporary subject with his or her own image.
- Interactive portrait
In an age where a ruling paradigm regarding technological art is physical interactivity, it’s only natural that one of the oldest visual representation practices, that of portrayal, transforms accordingly. This fact has been acknowledged in literature and cinema, thus interactive portraits have become integrated into our image of the future. [...]
randomly chosen character observes the spectator from a glass screen. From his pose and the framing of the shot, he seems to be waiting to be portrayed [...]
After interacting with the portrayed character, some spectators will probably wish to become themselves part of the work by being portrayed. [...]
Frontera v.2 / portrait is an interactive installation that works mainly with real-time video manipulation in response to the user’s actions. Technically speaking, this work is based on computer vision and motion tracking technologies. A first version of the interactive portrait (Frontera v.1) was developed at the Center for Multimedia, Mexico, and has been successfully [...]
Festivals and institutes where Frontera v.1 and v.2 has been shown. [...]
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