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Designing a temporary interactive exhibit for a local Pittsburgh artist.


I designed a museum exhibit featuring the work of an artist in the Carnegie Museum of Art. The exhibit meant to act as a temporary pop up to draw people to the full art museum. I chose to feature the piece Fever Field by photographer Melissa Catanese. The exhibit includes tech-mediated interactions facilitated by sensors and projection mapping.
Exhibition Design, Interaction Design, & Spatial Environments

Time: November - December 2024, 4 weeks  
Role: Sole designer 
Tools: Rhino, Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator, Procreate 
CONTEXT Fever Field is a collection of photographs of poppies taken in the spring of 2021, during a period of record California droughts and devastation from the Covid-19 pandemic. “The creation of this work, combining her own photographs with anonymous ones, is an expression of personal and collective grief, an act of remembrance, and a symbol of resilience for an uncertain future to come.” (Catanese)

VISITOR FLOW


Entrance
Artist Intro
Artwork
Memory Field Interaction
Artwork and Memory Field
Exit 
INTERACTIONSA blend of physical and digital interactions engage visitors in the process of Catanese’s art. 

Poppies grow as visitors approach the wall.


Inspired by the process of cyanotype printing, images are revealed on hanging canvas sheets as visitors move their arms.



KEY INTERACTIONThe exhibit culminates in a participatory and collaborative experience called The Memory Field.
Using sensors and audio tracking, visitors can share memories and stories with each other by speaking into large sculptural flowers. Phrases and stories are aggregated onto the wall in front, collecting a shared memory archive.  





Memory Field Visitor Flow


PROCESS
1. Storyboarding 

2. Prototyping


3. Gifs

Full process here!



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