At Hartsfield-Jackson, Georgia Tech turns movement into art

Robotic Musicianship installation featuring Gil Weinberg s Haile robot drummer alongside performance images at Hartsfield-Jackson s Movement Transform Transcend exhibition Courtesy of Georgia Tech Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is a place defined by motion This year that constant movement becomes the foundation of a yearlong exhibition from Georgia Tech Arts Transfer Transform Transcend Innovations in Materials and Movements opened Nov in Terminal T North and runs through November Curated by Birney Robert the installations by Georgia Tech researchers and artists turn movement through bodies wireless signals sound and recycled materials into something you can see hear and interact with The challenge create work that registers in seconds but still invites deeper engagement Here s what travelers might encounter LuminAI An AI system that dances with you One installation centers on LuminAI a system that learns from how you move and responds with movement of its own Walk closer and it recognizes your presence tracking your motion and displaying it on a digital avatar Created by digital media professor Brian Magerko and research scientist Milka Trajkova the project treats AI not as a tool but as a creative partner Because airport visitors encounter art in passing Trajkova explained the system was designed for a glance-based audience The LuminAI installation explains how AI learns from human movement through large-scale graphics and interactive prompts Courtesy of Georgia Tech The goal of my research in AI and creativity has inevitably been to augment not replace the human experience Magerko mentioned TechThrive turns travelers motion into live visuals Walk past computer science professor Ashutosh Dhekne s TechThrive installation and your movement becomes part of the art Using ultra-wideband wireless signals the system translates nearby motion into a shifting flower-like form The center incorporates arcs representing departing flights drawn from publicly available aviation information TechThrive transforms travelers movements into colorful shifting visual patterns using ultra-wideband sensing at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport Courtesy of Georgia Tech Because the work operates entirely on-device no cameras no cloud processing Dhekne emphasizes its sustainability The project he noted makes science more accessible to everyone BIKES brings mobile sound art to the concourse Composer and researcher Henrik von Coler s BIKES developed with Edison Electric Bikes founder Ryan Hersh turns bicycles into mobile sound installations The project grew from von Coler s experience riding in Atlanta and observing how sound already accompanies cyclists von Coler s BIKES installation displays a sound-equipped Edison e-bike and prototypes illustrating Georgia Tech s mobile music research Courtesy of Georgia Tech For the airport the group displayed what von Coler calls a Phase II prototype a sound system designed to work everywhere inside the perimeter without a generator that runs on fossil fuels Nearby Gil Weinberg s installation features Haile a robotic musician capable of listening and responding in real-time The work was designed to give airport audiences multiple solutions to engage through the robot s presence images of related research or a short video Installations made from recycled plastic and solar research Architect Hyojin Kwon presents two projects that respond to the airport s compressed attention span Plastic Reimagined transforms locally collected high-density polyethylene and Polylactic Acid waste into sculptural forms Ephemeral Instruments uses computational processing to generate shifting digital patterns Both Kwon reported use recognizable forms or rhythmic digital motion to meet viewers moving at airport pace Designer Lisa Marks contributes textile-based works that merge computational design with traditional handcraft using structure and light to create sculptural forms that remain legible even to travelers moving speedily through the concourse Materials scientist Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena and artist Jeremy Bolen collaborate on work grounded in solar capacity research inviting what Correa-Baena calls a deeper conversation about the scientific ethical and societal dimensions of harnessing and using photons from sunlight Media artist Daniel Phelps s Silicon and Soil uses image processing and a hidden audio layer to explore how digital imagery shapes perception Read More Georgia Tech and Goat Farm preview LOOP Atlanta airport expects more than million travelers over Thanksgiving holiday period A broader commitment to creative technologies Carriage Transform Transcend also reflects Georgia Tech s broader commitment to creative technologies including its Creative Quarter initiative and a forthcoming Bachelor of Science in Arts Entertainment and Creative Technologies With installations drawing from engineering dance music instrument material science and architecture the exhibition brings emerging research into one of the world s most of heavily trafficked general spaces For Georgia Tech the installation is both showcase and experiment proof that art science and engineering can converge in a transit hub where millions of people who might never visit a gallery can stop look and move The exhibition runs through November and is free and accessible to all Hartsfield-Jackson travelers The post At Hartsfield-Jackson Georgia Tech turns movement into art appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta