Trails Overhead
2024
Interactive conductive surface, rubber, vinyl, custom electronic circuit, plywood and paper structure, projected video
Dual 4 x 4 feet installation
Interactive conductive surface, rubber, vinyl, custom electronic circuit, plywood and paper structure, projected video
Dual 4 x 4 feet installation
Trails Overhead is a two-floor interactive installation exploring the complexity of comprehending traces and memories delivered through time. The work comprises two interconnected components: a pressure-sensitive conductive mat that detects steps on the upper floor, and a real-time projection of these movements onto a layered paper screen below. Though the projection mirrors the movements above through real-time data transmission, the physical separation between the two spaces prevents a shared, simultaneous experience. The two spaces are mediated only through an abstracted connection communicating through fleeting traces, never directly witnessing one another. Traces of something that is both real and unknowable create a quiet complacency and unease, with the knowledge that someone, or something, was there. The result is an oblique connection between two perpendicular spaces through a residue of motion and memory, evoking the tension of comprehending something through spatial and temporal distance.
Created in collaboration with Nasif Rincon Romaite