ASTRAL EXPERIENCE

By Sovamind Studios

Astral Experience is an interactive art installation that allows viewers to step into a galaxy and manipulate the very fabric of space and time.  Participants will be surrounded by lights, lasers, and colors, while interacting with a central plane lit from above by UV lights. The frame holding up the plane will additionally be lit from the inside around the perimeter in color changing lights and patterns.  Participants are invited to control the lighting effects through a small panel and interact with the surface of the central plane rolling colorful balls on its surface.  These balls of various sizes and colors will glow under UV light and be returned through a portal near the bottom for reuse.

The panels wrapping around the piece will be lit with colored lights and lasers similar to the previous piece, A Colorful Place.

The central interactive focus of the piece will be an evolution of the previous piece, Stellar Vortex. The frame for this piece will be completely enclosed in translucent plastic with lights emanating from behind them all the way around.  Lighting will be moved out to poles supporting the mandala above the piece and creating a more open feeling and providing 360 degree interactive access.

If additional funding is secured the control panel and preprogrammed lighting patterns will be replaced with a system that detects the type of ball that falls down the central hole. The balls will have a RFID tag inserted into them with each tag triggering a different effect. Additionally, we may partner with another artist that does projection mapping and add trails that are drawn behind each ball as it is rolling on the fabric surface.  This will create a very interactive and dynamic effect that can be changed in many ways making the piece a different experience each time someone comes back to see it.