Num piscar de olhos: processo de uma instalação interativa

Abstract

This work describes the processes involved in the creation of an art piece entitled “In the Blink of an Eye”, an interactive audiovisual installation that, through the use of computer vision and creative coding, procedurally generates a film whose editing is conducted by the eye blinks of the viewer. The relation between the main concept behind the piece and the ideas discussed in the homonym book by Walter Murch is presented, as well as the relation of the piece to the field of generative art. The discussion is followed by an account of the stages of production and a reflection about the aesthetic and conceptual choices made throughout the endeavor. At last, there’s a brief description about how each of the components responsible for the piece work.