Rhode Island School of Design
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Digital Arts / Digital Design
My location: Providence Rhode Island, United States
First Name: Jordan
Last Name: Metz
University / College: Rhode Island School of Design
Course / Program: Digital + media MFA
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Digital Arts / Digital Design
My Location: Providence Rhode Island, United States
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The Me I’ve Made for You is an interactive audiovisual installation using computer vision and custom software created in Max/MSP Jitter. The work represents the psychological effects of living in the digital age. It imagines a digital double that is always available for interaction, but remains trapped within the infrastructure of technology. The viewer’s movements generate their own experience of the work, luring them to embody a fractured connection with the other that lives within the screen. This relationship paradoxically entices interaction while defying visibility. The installation consists of a custom frame, embedded screen, and a computer vision system. The program uses infrared depth images from the Xbox 360 Kinect to sense the viewer’s position and proximity in the exhibition space. On the screen, a 3D scan of my body breaks into pieces as the viewer approaches, while sound is synthesized and interpolated as viewers move through defined zones.