PIKSEL17 festival for elektronisk kunst og fri teknologi

Flux

Exhibition @ SKUR14

Seph Li

Flux is a sound-to-space-synaesthesia installation.

By analyzing sound from real world with the help of a 7-channel microphone array and sound localization algorithms, Flux turns real sound sources into an ever-changing, ink-painting styled virtual space.

Sound sources in physical world, serving as gelatinous flow and impulses, continuously altering the form of the virtual space. By combining the spectrum and localisation data of each sound source, the virtual space becomes a giant fluid field that encloses and transforms the soundscape into space dimension.

The inmmersive VR environment also provides experiment a very suitable medium: it deprives audiences’ visual access to real world – “isol

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seph li
http://solid-jellyfish.comindependent artist

Born in Beijing in 1988, Seph Li has a mixed background in technology and design, and his keen interest in interactive art works led him into the field of media arts. Seph has studied Computer Science and Entertainment Design in Tsinghua University and continued his M.F.A. study in Design | Media Arts at UCLA.

Seph has been experimenting with the role of interaction in storytelling using different forms, and also expanding his visual and conceptual vocabulary using installation, sculpture, video game, product prototypes. Seph’s work transcended the medium by poetically instancing technology.