Waves

Waves is a newly commissioned kinetic light installation created by KMA. Projected into the street with no visible infrastructure in sight, it uses the heat of passers-by to allow them to interact with a projected environment that simulates physical interactions whilst encouraging playful interactions. Waves was commissioned by DanceDigital in 2009 as part of our launch as the leading agency for dance and technology in the UK. 

The software is written in Max/MSP & Jitter, and implements models of newtonian physics, cellular automata, electromagnetic forces and fluid dynamics.

Waves was commissioned by DanceDigital and created by KMA. Some footage from the first night of Waves in a cold February night in Chelmsford is below. The installation is outside County Hall, Chelmsford in a modest square that doesn’t usually have any significance for passers-by other than as a route from A to B. By filling the square with a reactive light installation, KMA transformed the way that people see the space, and the way in which they interact with other people in that space.