Description:
HolyCampFire, 2018 by Emilie Trice (website link)
Multi-media interactive sculpture/videoDimensions & duration variableHourglass, PhosChek, Arduino, Accelerometer, Max programming
Video 1 – comprised of found digital media footage on wildfires including the Camp Fire, Woolsey Fire & Holy Fire
Video 2 – selected scenes from the Disney cartoon movies “Bambi” and “Planes: Fire & Rescue”
Music by Cat Power (V1) and Hot Chip (V2)
THIS ART PROJECT WAS CREATED FOR DENVER UNIVERSITY's MFA - EMERGENT DIGITAL PRACTICES 2018.
THE HOURGLASS IS FILLED WITH PHOS CHEK – THE PINK FIRE RETARDANT USED IN FIGHTING WILDFIRES.
WHEN CONNECTED TO AN ARDUINO & ACCELEROMETER SENSOR, THE HOURGLASS BECOMES A CONTROLLER TO TOGGLE BETWEEN TWO VIDEOS RELATING TO THE MAJOR 2018 CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES (Holy Fire, Woolsey Fire, Camp Fire). IT ALSO CONTROLS THE VOLUME OF THE SOUNDTRACK.
MOVIES WERE CREATED IN IMOVIE AND DROPPED INTO A MAX PATCHER. SCREENSHOTS BELOW OF MAX PATCHES.


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