Malte Steiner and Wolfgang Spahn are exploring the artistic potential of embedded open source systems. In their new project “Embedded Artist”, they have used Raspberry Pis and Paper Duinos. Here’s what they say about their project:

The performance combines four different layers of visions that are merging into one visual Gesamtkunstwerk: 3D models, video scratching, live camera, and mechanical effects are likewise projected within the space.

The 3D models are animated in Open GL, whereas video scratching and live cameras run on each Raspberry Pi. Mechanical and optical effects such as fragmented projections are generated by servos and glass prisms.

“Embedded Artist” is not only projecting all over the walls, but it is filming the audience and the space likewise and re-projecting those images. Moreover, the light beam of each projector is fractionized by a prism and therefore sends broken images onto the walls. Thus the combined effects of all four layers allow for the linking together of performance and space. In doing so the performance is blurring distinctions between artist and audience, body and mind, artwork and space.

Below is an excerpt video of the work at Piksel 2014, Bergen, Norway. You can read more about the project here and here.