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This is a water clock in Osaka.  The falling droplets of water form images. I think this is mostly successful for me because of the novelty.  The visuals and sounds that are generated are very fun.  I would love to see some other programs written for this visualization tool, as the ones here are a little but hokey.  I also feel that the installation begs to be played with.  I want to touch the letters and images as they fall.  Perhaps there is an opportunity to create interactive experiences with this kind of water printer where touching or breaking up the images would affect the output.  Make a game out of it.

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I love motion design and it has only recently come to my attention that high end motion often requires the development of custom apps and algorithms.  One of the code artists who worked on this spot also worked extensively on algorithmic animations for the Tron legacy film.  You can see a lot of similarities in the kinds of effects he is creating.  Pretty cool stuff. Here is his website.

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I was able to check out the interactive art exhibition Talk to Me at the MoMA in NYC in the fall and this was on of the more fun and playful projects there.  It is an installation that allows a user to sling an SMS onto a projection.  I think it basically consists of a cellphone hidden inside a slingshot.  You can input a message into the slingshot and when the slingshot detects that it has been fired an animation is triggered that makes it appear that the message has been launched onto the projected surface.