Float
A presence sensitive installation at
Gaddis Geeslin Gallery,
Sam Houston State University, Hunstville, Texas, 2005
By AFEW Artists' Collaborative:
Bill Jenks, Karen Hillier,
Carol LaFayette, and Mary Saslow.

Visitors enter a darkened hallway and pass by a small, backlit image. Peering into this image triggers infrared capture of one's face. Your image floats next to others and is combined with fluid colors, in an environment resembling a river made from colored mesh, upon which currents of images flow. Sounds of water are accompanied by organ music which seems to emanate from behind a wall.

Image by Bill Jenks / Capture composite by Carol LaFayette

Installation Video / 24Mb

Sample portrait composites / 16Mb

Installation images

Fabric and environment: Karen Hillier
Animated projections on environment: Mary Saslow
Poetry, imagery, and audio surround: Bill Jenks,
with music by Morgan Jenks
Real time facial capture and compositing:
Carol LaFayette
Facial recognition: cv.jit,
by Jean-Marc Pelletier, Institute of
Advanced Media Arts and Sciences
Ephemeral boat fabrication: David Sellers

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