The Singapore River as a Psychogeographical Faultline - Part II

Video documentation of installation by Debbie Ding at MBS ArtScience Museum, in the Singapore Local Stories Gallery at the end of the Titanic Artifact exhibition.

The adaptation of this installation for use with the kinect's camera and sensors was put together and coded within two weeks. Read the documentation here: http://singaporeriverkinect.blogspot.com

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The Singapore River is a site of historical and commercial significance for Singapore, as well as a site to socialise at, and dream of things to come. But what does the Singapore River look like? When prompted to reflect on the river, many find it hard to recall the geography of Singapore's most significant river -- which has changed drastically in purpose, form, and colour over the last hundred years.

Originally developed with the support of the The Substation's Open Call in 2010, \\ is an interactive map installation exploring the Singapore River as a "psychogeographical faultline" where reality, memories and imagined spaces interact, merge, or drift apart - like a series of tectonic plates.

Audio: "Blue hour over Kallang River"
Rjdj recording I made on a bus going on the Nichol Highway over the kallang river, 10 Feb 2010 - http://rjdj.me/user/debbieding/recording/44225/

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Singapore River
• MBS
• ArtScience Museum
• Psychogeography
• Installation
• Kinect
• as3kinect
• flash
• actionscript
• blob detection
• interaction