KÔNTAKT
by Karmen Franinovic, Hendrik Leper, Stijn Schiffeleers
Project for Media Knitting workshop at Deaf 03 ( V2 rotterdam. )
kontakt www

Project Description:
"Kontakt is an interactive installation which focused on making contact which created order out of chaos.

This was acheived by making contact (or a chain of contact) between four metal contact points and two pots of water.

Four different possiblities of making contact which create 4 different audio tracks or image sequences which play separtely or mixed depending on the amount of contact points triggered. no contact caused a flickering projector and noisy speakers.

This piece celebrated collaboration and cooperation, as a singular visitor could not make Kontakt.

This piece was realized during the Media Knitting workshop at Deaf 2003. It was installed in the stairwell within the 3 story building. The piece embodied this space and made people exist and move throughout the space to make Kontakt." - Stijn Schiffeleers

System:
Max/MSP/Jitter, Teleo Multi IO Module (four analog in which were used to detect connections between the different points) Teleo USB Translator, Teleo Power Module, two ethernet-connected computers, images, music and some old wires...

Testimonial:
"At a three-day-workshop where you have to collaborate with people who use different media (mediaknitting) Teleo proved to be very effective. fast setup, easy way of getting reliable data into the computers system, possibility of connecting different kind of media, .... perfect marriage." - Stijn Schiffeleers