2. Space: Dictatorship

Concept

The lines are perfectly aligned. If you had the power would you keep the balance? Take the cube in your hands. Now the order depends only on you. It can be ruined with just one movement, and the chaos can drive you into a trance.

Are you the only power that controls the order, or are there other forces in space around you?

Implementation

In my project I used the combination of basic geometric forms – physical cube and digital parallel lines – to illustrate the concept of absolute authority. Once the cube is taken in somebody’s hands, the order of the lines is controlled by the ruler.

But what can absolute power lead to? Would it be possible to keep lines parallel as they were? The curvature of every line depends on such parameters as gyroscope, accelerometer, and rotation rate data. And every slight movement which the controller even cannot feel causes deflection. There is no guarantee that the lines would be in order when the cube is put back on a surface.

Technical part

The project was created in Xcode environment. The interaction part was implemented with OSC controller, which sent the gyroscope, accelerometer, and rotation rate data from the device inside the cube to a patch. The received parameters from OSC defined the curvature of every line to varying degrees.

The project files are available on GitHub.

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