Brakelights

Documentary Film from Aaron Proctor 



Synopsis

A new media artwork that is a demonstration of a real-time computer system that senses color changes in a live video feed to make choices from a database of dialogue lines ... a live cinema-making machine. In this example, the brightness levels of red brakelights on a Los Angeles freeway are matched to five emotions: anger, irritation, indecision, hope, and love. The result is a movie directed by an environment.

2004 CiberArt: International Festival of New Technologies, Art, and Communication (Palacio Euskalduna Jauregia, Bilbao, Spain)
2004 Narrative: Digital Storytelling Conference (Hammer Museum, Los Angeles)
Winner: 2004 Output International Design Competition (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
2004 Aminima Magazine (Madrid, Spain; Feature Article on Artwork)
2004 Wight Gallery Exhibition (UCLA, Los Angeles)
2004 Hacking the Timeline: A Non-definitive History of Digital Art (Bergamont Galleries, Los Angeles)
2005 International Conference on the Arts and Humanities (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Details

January 2003 — Completed *

* Updated Feb. 20 2008



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