dancing maze

This is an interactive shape-changing display that is activated by built-in sensors that measure the movement in the room. Peaks and valleys are created from the stretched material creating a changing, moving landscape through which you can navigate dancing marbles of different sizes and weight.

The object is 40 x 40 cm and mainly made of transparent acrylic glass. For the display itself I used a very stretchy fabric which is a kind of scuba fabric. The fabric is attached to solid parts, which are mounted onto motorised sliding potentiometers – usually used in the music industry for sound mixers. The motors are activated by movement around the object – peaks are formed by moving closer to the display; valleys are created by moving away from the object and sensors. The idea is to navigate the different marbles through the maze by moving around the display – on your own it is of course much more difficult than when there are two or three or maybe even four people helping the marbles to find their way … a visualisation of how things are a lot easier when people help each other and work together.

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tasks: concept, design, construction, electronics, programming
2019 / Berlin University of the Arts