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Harmonic Fountains 하모니 분수 (Fantastic Piano Ver.2)

나의 지휘를 따라 분수가 노래하면 어떨까 하는 상상에서 출발한 작업.

물, 빛 그리고 소리가 당신의 손짓에 반응한다. 그랜드 피아노를 연상케하는 이 작품에는 5개의 거리감지 센서가 설치되어있다.

센서 위에서 손을 움직이면 소리와 빛이 반응하면서 분수가 작동한다. 각각 다른 음을 가진 5개의 분수는 아름다운 화음을 만들어 낸다.

손과 센서와의 거리에 따라 소리의 볼륨과 빛의 밝기도 변한다.

related work : Fantastic Piano

:: arduino, Max/MSP, interactive installaion, musical instrument, water, light, fiber optics, sound

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The Joy of Flowers  꽃의 환희

2nd work of interactive kinetic ceramic sculpture.

related work: Waves of Leaves. .

:: arduino, processing, DC motors. gears,  interactive art, kinetic sculpture, ceramics, physical computing, controlled (limited) user input, proximity, nature, aesthetic pleasure (beauty), gaze, artist’s intent

2009 July 24th. Fri – 2009 Aug 2nd. Sun (closed on Mon)

Opening Party: 2009 July 25th. Sat 4pm

Where: EACT (Electric Art Center Taylor)

4 Art Gallery 3rd floor. SeongNam Dong 3786, JungWon Gu, SeongNam Si, Gyeonggi Do, South Korea

T. 82.31.754.3457

> image description: Flowerworks , watercolor painting , Processing, 2007

박소영 첫번째 개인전 – Secret Garden  _EACT 기획

2009.07.24 금 – 2009.08.02 일 (월요일 휴관)

초대일시: 2009.07.25 토요일 오후 4시

EACT 오시는 길

(462-828) 경기도 성남시 중원구 성남동 3786 포아트빌딩 3층    T. 031)754-3444

자가용 이용시: 분당 고속화 도로에서 성남 방향으로 나오셔서 현대 오일뱅크 주유소를 끼고 우회전 하여 중원구청 앞으로오시면 됩니다. (중원구청 내부주차장 이용)

지하철 이용시: 분당선 및 8호선 모란역 하차 3번 출구로 나오셔서 중원구청 맞은편으로 오시면 됩니다.

도보 약 20분, 버스 55번, 60번으로 환승 후 중원구청앞에서 하차

> 사진 설명: Flowerworks, 수채화, Processing, 2007

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‘Waves of Leaves’ is an interactive, reactive ceramic sculpture that is made of clay. By detecting the proximity of the viewer, and by implication the viewer’s gaze, the sculpture reacts by showing gentle movements. The piece is intended to address the concerns of beauty in natural forms and materials, and a controlled form of minimal interaction in technologically augmented art.

Composed of hand-sculpted ceramic leaves ranging in size from 2 to 5 inches. Each leaf is supported on the base by metal rods, which are in turn controlled by servo motors, micro controllers and take input from ultrasonic proximity sensors placed around the piece to detect the distance between the viewer and the piece. The servo motors are controlled by Arduino. When the processing unit senses motion from viewer, the leaves move and tremble like a tree waving in the wind. Each leaf has a range of motion, able to move up and down, once and repeats. There is the side effect of sound and motion when they hit each other on the way of their motion.

More photos and videos: http://www.shine-sy.com/wavesofleaves/

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:: arduino, servo controller, interactive art, kinetic sculpture, ceramics, physical computing, controlled (limited) user input, proximity, nature, aesthetic pleasure (beauty), gaze, artist’s intent

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Sep. 2005 .. Exhibited at Modern Art museum of Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

Ceramics and Flash Movie
Ceramic sculpture : Super white clay, no glaze / Slip casting / 1250 °C/ 46″ x 38.4″

Sound source :
1′00″ Tres Tres Chic – Mocean Worker (Pink Panther’s Penthouse Party)
00′35″ Intraspettro – Les Hommes (Pink Panther’s Penthouse Party)
00′32″ BooyongJung – Scandal O.S.T (Korean Movie)
00′28″ Title – Scandal O.S.T (Korean Movie)

During class I observed an interesting phenomenon which occurred whenever the light from the projector was cast onto the professor’s body. I adapted this effect by creating a white ceramic sculpture with unevenly textured blocks or tiles which would impart a sense of rhythm and color to projected images on its surface. The images thus produced exhibited an interesting special effect. Depending on the viewer’s perspective and the angle of refraction from the projection surface a different impression and experience was perceived. Each Flash movie is a graphically visualized form of music.

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This project demonstrated reactions and interactions to sound inputs.

In response to sound values registered by a computer, flowers appeared and, like fireworks, burst quickly into an almost instant full-boom on the big rear projection screen set up at IAC building. Instead of computer graphics, I decided to render the flowers to show an expressive and natural image of flowers, using the fluid, seeping tones of watercolors, one of my favorite mediums. It was a way to combine in one piece both the technology of the big screen and a more traditional, painterly method.

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:: Processing, Eclipse, watercolor, drum, sound input, bigscreen, IAC, interactive

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The Fantastic Piano is a musical instrument that evokes a mystical and beautiful atmosphere when you played. Water, pumps, glitter and lights react as you conduct your own ‘water orchestra’. IR sensors detect your movements and translate them into a beautiful piece of music that you can manipulate through your motion and proximity to the instrument.

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..More photos. More videos / from others 1, 2

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:: arduino, midi, interactive installaion, musical instrument, water, glitter, maker faire, itp

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Dress paper dolls. It’s not just clothes, it’s music.

Music and Fashion Coordinator is a new interface for musical expression based on paper doll game.
It demonstrates the relationship between fashion and music. Each item has a different instruments’ sound and beat.

:: arduino, max/msp, illustrator, paper dolls, musical instrument, nime, itp, Exit Art, performance, fashion

Do you believe in fairies?

Fairy at Night is a small box that helps us to observe a fairy in a very discrete manner. The fairy is not easy to see — she is a very secretive creature. If she were easy to see, she would no longer be a fairy, children would be disappointed with fairy tales and their youthful innocence would be lost. When it’s dark and quiet, and the door is closed, the fairy comes out and dances to music. The Fairy at Night box needs to be properly positioned in a room in order to detect the door’s opening and closing, as well as any changes in light and sound. I made it somewhat difficult to see the fairy because I don’t want to wake observers too much from their fairy reverie. ‘Fairy at Night’ aims to preserve a certain childhood innocence and awaken the heart of a child in adults.

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:: arduino, music box, light, night, toy, fairy

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Waltz of the Butterflies’ is an interactive screen installation which creates a tranquil, almost ‘natural’ atmosphere. There’s a picture of the quiet forest. It’s just a picture. However, when someone comes up to the screen, part of the picture turns into butterflies flying free, as if they were pieces of a puzzle. The butterflies come to life by virtue of the user’s touch (video tracking). The butterflies fly around until the user leaves. Then they return back to that part of the picture which they left initially and lose their life.
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:: Processing, noc, isight, video tracking, nature, butterflies

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Ceramic sculpture and installation
Mermaid : Sculpture clay , Duncan glazes, Gare glazes / Coiling / 1050 °C / 22″x38.6″x12.6″
Waves : Sculpture clay, High-Fire glazes / Wheel throwing and transformation / 1250 °C /diameter : 30.31″ height : 12.6″

The hole in the fin can function as a water fountain. I expressed the image of a mysterious mermaid from a fairy tale that I like. The caudal fin is decorated with sparkling Cubics and beads. In contrast to Occidental images and motifs of mermaids, I showed the surrounding wave using the shapes of a traditional Oriental wave pattern.

ITP Spring Show 2008

Interactive Doll is a toy designed to specifically improve children’s language skills, augment their overall communication abilities, and support youngsters’ positive social behavior. By bringing various parts of the dolls into physical contact with each other, the dolls will speak a variety of words associated with an everyday social exchange. The dolls’ character can change depending on how they are treated. Hitting their head turns them into a bully. If they get kissed a lot, then they become more cheerful. These exchanges reflect common aspects of our social life and are good to reinforce in children from an early age.

Visit the website.

:: arduino, hand craft, sound output, interactive, communication, toy, kids

In many movies,
people are shown going into their imaginary world and enjoying it. In the real world, however, we can’t do quite the same thing. I believe such movie daydreaming scenes are made and enjoyed because people would like to experience something similar. Creating an environment where people could relax, daydream freely, and enjoy their fantasies is what I sought to create. In fact, it is where I want to be.

How it works:
There is a sofa that has four hidden switches on it in dark room. Those switches are connected to three lights and hidden small fans. Music “Gymnopedie No.1″ from the room makes people come into the room. Depanding on how the user sit in the sofa (=which and how many switches are on), user would see different color’s of light reflection. When the switch for fans is on, the reflection would be more beautiful. Sound, light, wavering objects, reflection and a comfortable sofa creat an environment where people could daydream.

:: arduino, light, reflection, music, chair, daydream

Self-made instrument with 16 IR distance sensors, built with 16 Chinese sphere lights. Each sphere has sensor and a scale. Therefore it has 16 scales, from C to C, that you can play music with. In addition, each sensor controls each speaker’s volume. It can work with from 2 to 16 channel speakers.

Using IR distance sensors which detect distance between object and sensor with an Arduino board (microcontroller), values are obtained from the sensors and the data is sent to max/msp by serial communication. Chinese light is not only for showing but also for providing light for IR sensors. Some light is necessary for detecting objects.

Sensors on my instrument represent the location of the speakers. For example, when my hand is close to the first sensor, you can hear C from the first speaker. So people can easily understand what’s going on. Hand movements cause speaker response and helps make the sound travel.

:: arduino, multiplexer, max/msp, multi channel, performance, sound travel, musical instrument

violin + stars/ fireworks

Stars in the sky react to your music. Your music controls fireworks.

Violinistar is an interactive light installation that reacts to sound inputs.
For more beautiful and fantastic effects, there is a violinist who gives beautiful sound input to the project. Fiber optics around the player creates imaginary atmosphere when they light up. They represent stars and fireworks in the sky.

Simple live graphic effects on a computer become unexpected light show through the fiber optic installation.

Dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival/ with electric violinist Clara Kebbabian

:: max/msp, processing, fiber optic, violin, projector, live image processing, light, sound, installation

Cast your horoscope for today. It will show your Style, Mood, Love and Money for today in different ways.
Type in your name and birthday (mmdd). Whatever your horoscope is for the day, you are gorgeous and lucky.

Blue Flowers on the left : your mood
Chanel & Prada models : your style
Hot Stars : your love
Nice Cars : your money

Cast your Horoscope!
Today’s Horoscope// source from www.horoscope.com

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Ceramic sculpture
Sculpture clay, Mid-Fire stain / Coiling / 1050 °C
18″x35.25″x6″

This piece was influenced by the work of M.C. Escher. Various body shapes are shown in this work while concurrently showing a variety of facial shapes that are created by the body forms — people in faces and the faces that created those people.

Marilyn Monroe’s itch / Story of Atlantis’ girl
Chinese white clay, Color make-up clay, Transparency glaze, Handy coat / Pressing /1250 °C

After reading a book called “Visions of Symmetry” by M.C. Escher, I re-produced patterns I made in 2003 in the form of ceramic tiles. Although most contemporary tiles may be square, I chose to make tiles in an unconventional shape.

Clay Animation 1′50”
Jovi Clay, Ceramic, Acrylic colors / Stop Motion / 720 x 480
Sound Sauce : Worship of the Snake – Ravi Prasad (BOMBAY BEATS)

Subject: Sorcery serving snake. Dance sorcery dances with eyes and lips to call a snake, and they will have the eyes of the snake.

The purpose of the production: I encountered the music first, so I attempted to produce an image that would fit the subject and the sense of the music.

Sculpture clay, High-Fire glazes, stain / Coiling and boarding / 1250°C

I constructed buildings in the form of Korean letters in order to tidy up the messy signs and billboards on the streets. Each building is designed according to its own image. Moreover, these works can be used in real life.

1. Bar = 술집
8.6″ x 7.1″ x 15.35″
You can store little liquor bottles and glasses, and some munchies.

2. Clothing store = 옷가게
8.26″ x 8.26″ x 15.35″
Accessories can also be kept in the buildings.

3. Coffee shop = 커피숍
8.26″ x 5.90″ x 11.41″
You can put cookies downstairs, while keeping coffee and tea bags upstairs.

BOOLEAN is a program which uses a webcamera to generate music. It was written in Processing using the Ess library.

The webcamera image is filtered, creating a black and white image. The image is divided into 12 rows and 16 columns, creating 192 boxes. A balloon floats over each box. The balloons rate of inflation depends on the amount of dark pixels in its box. When the balloon reaches a maximum size it pops, triggering a percussive sample. A new balloon of a different color takes the place of the popped balloon.

Each row is associated with a different note. BOOLEAN scans through each column from left to right. The size of each balloon determines the amplitude of the note being played. Different colored balloons produce different sounds; teal balloons produce no sound, pink balloons produce a triangle wave, and orange balloons produce a square wave.

Like the Theremin, BOOLEAN is a musical instrument which does not need to be touched in order to be played.
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:: Processing, Ess, sound, music, interactive, live video

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email: shine[dot]sy[at]hotmail[dot]com
cell phone: 82.10.8729.3357

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Education

Hongik University. Seoul. Korea / 2010~
Film and Digital Media
Ph.D Candidate

New York University. Tisch School of the Arts / 2008
Interactive Telecommunications
M.P.S (Master of Professional Studies)
New York, NY, USA

Hongik University. Seoul. Korea / 2006
Ceramics and Glass art
B.F.A (Bachelor of Fine Arts)

Soyoung Park is an artist working at the intersection of interactive and fine arts. Soyoung enjoys bringing media such as watercolor painting and ceramics together with various computer technologies to create installations and sculptures that engage viewers in an experience that goes beyond what would otherwise be conventionally possible. While barely noticeable in her creations, electronics are applied by Soyoung in order to bring an active and reactive dimension to her artwork. Her motto “90% art + 10% technology” highlights her creative vision, which endeavors to take artcraft and technology far beyond the a sum of their parts.

Since childhood Soyoung has enjoyed drawing and making things. She studied Ceramic and Glass Art at Hongik University in Seoul, Korea and more recently completed her master’s degree at the Interactive Telecommunications Program(ITP), Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.