This project is a work in progress that involves creating light sculptures out of laser light. The laser light appears as an almost tactile object cutting through mid air illuminating dust, smoke and other airborne particles to create a swirling, mesmerising planes of light. These beams of light are interactive, responding to touch and movement through the use of 3d tracking technology with the aim of this project being to create responsive environments of light, colour and sound.

The software used to control the laser was created using OpenFrameworks and C++ by Jayson Haebich and uses an Xbox kinect to do 3d tracking. The software creates the lasers beams by sending vectors to the laser via a DAC. The lasers position is then calibrated to the 3-Dimensional field of data viewed from the kinect, which is used to detect when intersections between users and the laser beams occur. These interactions then trigger effects such as colour changes or causing the beams to move which gives users the feeling of being able to touch the laser beams.

Filming by Carlo Zeccola zeccola.com and Kit Webster kitwebster.com

to be continued….

A limited edition 7" vinyl of the song "Oh, the wonders of the world!" is now available.
Buy it at tinyurl.com/onomatopee

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Early 2012, HEYHEYHEY had some time to spare and they felt the need to challenge themselves once again, so they set out to build another one of their chain reaction machines called Melvin.

Conveniently built in two old suitcases, Melvin the Mini Machine is a Rube Goldberg machine specifically designed to travel the world. Each time Melvin fully completes a run, he ‘signs’ a postcard and sticks a stamp to it - making it ready to be sent.

Like its bigger brother, Melvin the Mini Machine also has an online non-physical side which he uses to connect to the people he meets. To keep things truly mobile Melvin uses a smartphone for his online identity.

Find out more about Melvin the Mini Machine at melvinthemachine.com

Concept, design and production by HEYHEYHEY
Starring Steye van Dam
Co-production and support: PostPanic
Camera: Diderik Evers
Music: "The wonders of the world" by Woody Veneman
Editing: Ine van den Elsen
Sound: Joris Tillmans
Styling: Annemiek Swinkels
Programming: Maarten Witteveen
Clothing by Magda
Smartphone sponsored by Blue Mango Interactive

The Motion Project was a collaboration between a lot of clever creative people working together to create a machine that turns motion into music. The client for the project, Frucor (makers of V energy drink), together with their agency Colenso BBDO, kitted-out a warehouse space for this project to grow in and gathered together a group of talented people from a number of creative fields.

v.co.nz/#the-motion-project

We created and designed the live visual spectacle with a music video being produced from the results. We wanted it to be clear that the technology was real and actually being played live. The interface plays a key role in illustrating the idea of the instrument and we designed it to highlight the audio being controlled by the dancer. Design elements like real time tracking and samples being drawn on as they are played all add to authenticity of the performance. The visuals are all created live and the music video is essentially a real document of the night.

assemblyltd.com/

Check out the tech behind the project here:
custom-logic.com/blog/v-motion-project-the-instrument/

Developers
Jeff Nusz
Paul Sanderson - fugitive.co.nz

Music
Joel Little

Ableton
James Hayday

Dancer
Josh Cesan

Agency
Colenso BBDO
Creative Chairman: Nick Worthington
Creative Director: Aaron Turk
Art Director: Jae Morrison
Art Director: Lachlan Palmer-Hubbard
Copywriter: Graeme Clark
Group Account Director: Tim Ellis
Account Director: Samantha Parsons
Senior Account Manager: Stefanie Robertson
Account Executive: Eileen Cosgrove-Moloney
Planner: Andy Mcleish

Client
Frucor Beverage LTD
Marketing Manager: Luke Rive
Senior Brand Manager: Cormac Van Den Hoofdakker

Production:
DOP: Renaud Maire
Camera: Clint Rarm, Dan Max

Post Production:
Editor: Tim Mauger
Colourist: Pete Ritchie

Architects Oyler Wu Collaborative used 45,000 feet of rope to create this twisted screen wall for Dwell on Design 2012 in Los Angeles.

The movie is by Them Too Productions.

Movie
: Takuya Hosogane
hsgn.tk

MyWorks
: vimeo.com/album/1526725

Music
: cubesato
cubicroom.net/
Music Download
: soundcloud.com/cubesato/hsgn2011reel

Tools
: AfterEffects Cinema 4D