Digital Grass

Once again, I randomly put grass after the word digital and came up with something pretty interesting. Digital Grass was an interactive installation in the UK to celebrate architecture week. It's basically an installation that used motion tracking and cameras to track people passing by the screen to manipulate the grass. This is all very interesting but the company that put all of this together, HMC Interactive, is a company that creates interactive multimedia for clients. I think that this is a very interesting idea. This could certainly be much better than a thirty second TV spot and a lot more creative as well. After viewing pieces that they have worked on and searching interactive media on Google, there are countless examples of art. This, I believe, could potentially reinvent, if it hasn't already, the way that people view art exhibits. This offers the user to interact with the piece instead of just staring from a distance. I also think that it would be a good way to get children interested or more interested in art. It seems like, at least to me, that with our digital culture, static paintings and sculptures sometimes seem a little boring. Some of these pieces are very interesting and I hope to view some of them in person.