Reflective Questions
POSTED ON Tuesday, 4 December 2012 AT 5:59 pm \\
What attracted you to this piece of interactive art in the first place?
Interested with the huge wind chimes that hanging under the bridge.

How did you feel when you first saw this interactive art?
Amazing! Interesting!

What element/s made this interactive art successful in engaging you?
Human movement interactions with nature movement to create music.

What was the ‘wow’ factor for you?
The piece is constructed from 600 50mm diameter gold anodized aluminium.

If there is one thing that you want to add to this interactive artwork, what would it be?
If this kinetic sculpture build in city, people would be more recognized it and more interesting.


Art With Human Interaction
POSTED ON Monday, 3 December 2012 AT 11:10 pm \\
Title: Chimecco
Artist: Mark Nixon
Year: 2011

The kinetic sculpture ‘Chimecco’ is a large interactive wind chime by artist Mark Nixon.
Mark Nixon has turned a bridge in Aarhus, Denmark, into a musical instrument by hanging metal pipes from the underside.



Varying in length, the 600 gold-anodized aluminium pipes move freely in the breeze, sounding like a traditional wind chime when they collide.


People on the bridge can touch interactive nodes on its surface to activate the chimes in a controlled order, playing the instrument.


These pipes are attached to the underside of a bridge and with a series of interactive nodes on the top surface that allow for people to “play” the instrument.

Project Description from the Artist: 
The piece is constructed from 600 50mm diameter gold anodized aluminium pipes ranging in length from 120 mm up to 3750mm. These pipes are attached to the underside of a bridge and with a series of interactive nodes on the top surface that allow for people to “play” the instrument.

The design is based on three conceptual ideas.

1. The idea of music and interaction as a catalyst for conversation and play.

2. The non-visual object. The sculpture is ‘hidden’ beneath the bridge. A constant varying in wind conditions on the site mean that the sculpture will hide and reveal itself through the creation of sound when the wind choses to blow. Some days the sculpture will be discovered, creating a beautiful moment of realisation in the viewer, while other day the sculpture will remain still and may be completely passed by. The use of interactive nodes on the top creates another interesting effect. Due to the object being hidden while it is played, a condition of performers and audience is created. The piece can be experienced in a number of different ways but never in its totality.

3. Creation through the combined interactions of human movement and natural movement.


Kinetic Sculpture
POSTED ON AT 10:59 pm \\
Kinetic sculptures are examples of kinetic art in the form of sculpture or three dimensions. In common with other types of kinetic art, kinetic sculptures have parts that move or that are in motion. Sound sculpture can also, in some cases, be considered kinetic sculpture. The motion of the work can be provided in many ways: mechanically through electricity, steam or clockwork; by utilizing natural phenomena such as wind or wave power; or by relying on the spectator to provide the motion, by doing something such as cranking a handle.

Interaction Art and New Media
POSTED ON AT 10:11 pm \\
Interactive art is a genre of art in which the viewers participate in some way by providing an input in order to determine the outcome. Unlike traditional art forms wherein the interaction of the spectator is merely a mental event, interactivity allows for various types of navigation, assembly, and/or contribution to an artwork, which goes far beyond purely psychological activity. Interactivity as a medium produces meaning.

New media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, video games, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology. The term differentiates itself by its resulting cultural objects and social events, which can be seen in opposition to those deriving from old visual arts. New Media Art often involves interaction between artist and observer or between observers and the artwork, which responds to them.