Pixel Synthesis, 2024

How can we encourage human collaboration through our design of technological & artistic interfaces? In Pixel Synthesis, participants must coordinate their behavior in order to unlock new features of the display, opening new channels for embodied human-human-computer interaction. Participants each wear a glove with conductive finger pads, connected to a circuit board and computer. If the participants aren't touching, the LED display flashes randomly in a rainbow of colors. Once the participants start to work together, the lights coalesce into delightful patterns. Depending on which two fingers they touch, new animations reveal themselves: pixels of light bounce against the boundaries of the display, or face tracking activates and becomes a reflection of the pair. As the two familiarize with each other and the interface, the lights respond, highlighting moments of human connection in an infinitely random universe.