Skittish Tree


From The Artist Skittish Tree is a sound reactive installation, and the product of a personal obsession with how recursion works both in nature and in programming. The tree behaves normally in a quiet environment, moving slightly with the wind. As soon as noises start to appear it will adopt the behavior of a skittish animal, getting frightened and dropping its leaves and branches with a loud scream, and otherwise moves pleasantly with soft melodies. It is also an exploration of ways in which some particular behaviors can be transferred from one being to another completely unrelated, and the emotional responses that it generates in the people interacting with them. Materials The installation is a program written in Processing, a framework based in the programming language Java. It uses the library toxiclibs for handling the physics and minim for controlling the audio input. The program runs on a computer running OS X, with a projector for displaying the image and 2 miniature microphones for capturing the audio. Additional Credits / Thank You's Sound design by Mercedes Blasco. Thanks to Daniel Shiffman for his advise and support.	Martín Bravo Artist Interview News Shop

	Artist	Martin Bravo
	Medium	Interaction, Sound, Projection
	Preview Date	14 JUL 2011
	Opening Date	21 JUL 2011
	Closing Date	07 SEP 2011
	Special New Years Revival 12/31/2011 - 1/6/2011



Skittish Tree [Pedestal]	Skittish Tree [Street]
The pedestal version of Skittish Tree by Martín Bravo, reflects the sound reactive tree onto a single horizontal side of the cube of plexiglass. It reacts to whispers, music and laughter, moving it’s branches and on occasion losing some when there is too much noise. The tree regrows when the sound subsides.	The street version of Skittish Tree by Martín Bravo, uses stereo microphone inputs to change the way that the tree behaves based on the direction and volume of sound. The system evaluates background noise and adjusts for optimal interaction performance. This version was created specifically for the JS55 space, utilizing outdoor microphone inputs installed for the piece, and our street-facing rear-projection screen.