Context

What spawned the idea of using water to manipulate light was actually memories of the pool in my backyard. In particular, it was seeing the water refract the light from the pool lights and the result shining on the outer walls of my house late at night. I figured the same could be done with light from a projector. In other words, the recognition of the effects a body of water has on a source of light are what initially inspired the approach. Content that informed the outcome included the module's readings Katja Kwastek--Aesthetics of Interaction in Digital Art, Paul Dourish--Where the Action Is: The Foundations of Embodied Interaction, and the module's screening, Olafur Eliasson: Space is Process.