Outcome

The installation uses an accelerometer connected to an Arduino mounted high on a bamboo stalk. The swaying motion of the bamboo in the wind generates a stream of data which is translated into a moving ramp in Touch Designer overlaid on moving light particles. This live video is then mapped upward into the bamboo foliage using projection mapping, creating dynamic patterns of light drifting across the bamboo leaves and stalks.

Using the ADXL Accelerometer, we are able to detect the slight changes in movement of the bamboo from the wind's acceleration. This data is processed through the Arduino and transformed and filtered within Touch Designer to correspond to our projection.