June 2007 Pont Neuf Visions
For this project I was inspired by my memories of the “Pont Neuf” wrapped by Christo and flowered by Kenzo. I wanted to bring back to life these memories, involving the audience with an intereactive work. The spectator movements interact with his vision : the film stops as there is no movement in from of the webcam.
The main concept is to bring back to life ephemeral art that happened on the bridge: Christo and Kenzo ‘s work. The work gives different visions of the bridge mixing different materials: 3D animation and photos.
This project wes developed as “Street Art” work : it is to be viewed in a large screen on the street or in a subway station by people willing to go to the bridge, or close to it. The spectator is not looking for a piece of art but its attention must be caught by the work.
I am using Webcam technology to input interaction on the project : the spectator movements interact with what he sees.
As I wanted to go further on interactivity so I started to develop the possibility to send a message on the screen.
The project development
I would like to invite people through a website, to participate to the project.
They would be asked to send histories, memories, pictures, films, paintings about the bridge. A selection would be made and the work itself would be modified from times to times to integrate new materials.
The work should be more interactive, offering to receive data on a cellular phone with photos or links to websites relating to historical data, painters inspired by the brige, the movie “Les amants du pont neuf”…
By the way, this was my first work in Flash!