< previous artist | next artist > Kiyoshi Furukawa (Japan) Exhibited Artwork: Small Fish 《小魚兒》 (1999) Artist Statement: 藝術家陳述 The primary theme in Small Fish is interaction, starting from an interactive music CD-ROM in 1999, evolving into an installation, a concert and a workshop version. The main idea, however, remained the same throughout all versions: It focuses on the correlation between concepts of interaction, sound and images in order to create a structure of abstract musical meaning. This notion of synesthesia relates Small Fish back to the world of abstract expression, pioneered in twentieth century art by Schoenberg, Kandinsky and others in music and painting. Adding the fascinating opportunities that current computer and media technology can offer, Small Fish presents a further distinct expression to this recurring motif in art. 《小魚兒》從互動音樂唯讀光碟中的藝術品，演變成了裝置、音樂會和工作坊的不同版本。其主要思想，於各個版本仍然是相同的：它側重於互動、聲音和圖像之間的相關概念，以建立一個抽象音樂意義的結構。這個通感概念把小魚兒送回抽象化的世界，其實率先在二十世紀已經有勳伯格、康定斯基等人實行於音樂與繪畫中，加上目前電腦和媒體技術可以提供的機會，《小魚兒》進一步、鮮明地體現了這反覆出現在藝術中的主義。 Technical statement: 技術陳述 Small Fish is an interactive immersive installation that utilizes custom-made interactive music software, a custom-made infrared machine vision system, a MIDI synthesizer sound system and a data projector. The motion tracking software connected to an infrared camera analyzes the position and rotation angle of real objects on the projection area. This machine vision system is linked to the Small Fish interactive music software on a separate computer, which uses the processed spatial information to generate movement and musical sequences according to both the location of objects and the detected user interaction with these objects. The images generated by the Small Fish interactive music software are projected back onto the floor through a ceiling mounted projector, while the generated sounds are processed through a MIDI synthesizer and a sound system. 《小魚兒》是一個互動沉浸式安裝，利用特製的互動音樂軟件，特製的紅外線視覺系統，合成為MIDI音響系統及數據投影機。紅外線錄影機跟追蹤軟件連接上，分析投影面積上的物件的位置和轉角。這種視覺系統跟《小魚兒》的互動音樂軟件相連到另一個獨立的電腦，根據物件的位置與用者之間的相互作用，利用空間信息處理以產生動作和音樂。互動音樂軟件所產生的圖像就被安裝在天花板的投影機投到地面上，而所產生的音色便通過MIDI合成器及音響系統處理。 < back to artist home