Eruption of the end

Rossella Piccinno · interaction · 2011 · Panorama 13, Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing

Our role Tracking, video mapping, sound, real-time software.

The old chimney of the Congo soap factory in Roubaix, built for Victor Vaissier at the end of the nineteenth century, comes back to life. Soap bubbles escape from this last eruption, and the images reflected in them carry us through the memories of a place that has crossed time. The chimney, a now abandoned totem, is its witness.

An installation by Rossella Piccinno, created at Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains, for Panorama 13. We designed its interactive part with a Kinect: when a visitor comes close, the bubbles are born, and in each one appear videos, the testimonies of the neighbourhood’s residents.

Credits

Artist Rossella Piccinno
Interaction Hand Coded: Maya Benaïnous, Cyril Laurier, Thomas Pachoud, David Vercher
Production Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains