"Illuminate" by Chelsi Alise Cocking (2023)

Illuminate (2023) by Jamaican-American media artist, product designer, and computer programmer Chelsi Alise Cocking 'G is an interactive art installation in which the movements of a person through open space are visually augmented and brought to life in front of them in real time through custom-coded interactive visualization software. Seamlessly merging physical and digital space, Illuminate submerges us into an artificial reality in which our usually unseen paths of movement become visible– seemingly levitating in space. This aims to give us a visceral yet magical moment in which we can see, interact with, and play with our once invisible wakes of motion—pushing the boundaries of our senses and making the invisible visible. The project also explores the themes of spatial computing, bodily expression, abstraction, and choreographic interfaces. Cocking is currently a researcher and graduate student at the MIT Media Lab.

 

Timeline: 2020s
School: School of Architecture and Planning
Department: Architecture
Career: Arts & HumanitiesTechnology
Object: Video
Collection: Caribbean, Rising Voices 1995-Present, Students, Women