LAPTOP LOOP

 generative installation  | scaleable | Isadora, usb webcams, laptops

LAPTOP LOOP is a scaleable circular daisy-chain of feedback ‘nodes’ constructed from laptops and webcams. Each laptop uses a USB webcam to 'watch' the previous laptop, and display the output on its own screen, which is then ‘watched’ by the next laptop in sequence, and so on, eventually creating a LOOP. Using simple projection mapping tools, the arrangement creates a distributed, multi-layered-feedback system that can be scaled-up depending on the space and the availability of equipment. The installation cycles through several preset ‘scenes’ - combinations real-time video effects, and additional digital images - that alter the aesthetic and behaviour of the feedback.