Practice, by Scott Murray, is an interactive video piece that employs metaphors of stillness (physical and psychological) and reflection (visual and personal). While most interactive video installations reward motion, Practice rewards stillness, and in so doing tests participants’ tolerance for physical discomfort and emotional ambiguity.
Practice was created as part of Scott’s MFA research at the Dynamic Media Institute.
Made with Processing and the OpenCV, Ess and Traer Physics libraries. The work uses data from We Feel Fine (wefeelfine.org), by Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar, and incorporates recordings from Freesound (freesound.org) by the following authors: acclivity, chipfork, fauxpress, Freed, Jovica, kerri, suburban grilla, suonho, and zuben.