An audience member stands among suspended projection screens surrounded by responsive psychedelic visuals.

2022

Circadelic

An interactive projection-mapping installation

{interactive experience design, projection mapping, creative coding, camera-based interaction, installation design}

Arduino

Arduino

TouchDesigner

TouchDesigner

projector

projector

camera

camera

Overview

Turning audience presence into visual input

Circadelic is an immersive projection installation that combines live camera input, generative visuals, sound, and physical interaction. Audience movement and presence become part of the projected environment, creating a visual experience that changes in response to the people within it.

As part of the four-person team, I developed the TouchDesigner visual system, worked with camera capture as an interactive input, and designed and assembled the projection screen installation. My work focused on connecting live audience input with the projected visual environment.

Development

Building the visual system in TouchDesigner

I developed the visual system in TouchDesigner to generate and transform the projected imagery in real time. Camera capture was used as an input to bring the audience's physical presence into the visual environment, connecting what happened in the space with what appeared on screen.

I also worked on the physical installation of the projection screens, considering the relationship between the projected image, the audience, and the surrounding space. This connected the digital visual system with the physical conditions of the installation.

TouchDesigner interface used to generate and layer the real-time projection visuals.
System diagram connecting audience movement, camera input, TouchDesigner, and the projection screens.
TouchDesigner interface used to generate and layer the real-time projection visuals.
System diagram connecting audience movement, camera input, TouchDesigner, and the projection screens.

Shuting Zhou

Multidisciplinary designer and researcher based in Toronto.

Contact

shutingzhou.design@gmail.com

Shuting Zhou

Multidisciplinary designer and researcher based in Toronto.

Contact

shutingzhou.design@gmail.com

Shuting Zhou

Multidisciplinary designer and researcher based in Toronto.

Contact

shutingzhou.design@gmail.com