“Awake” started as a personal project: an exploration of the future of illustration, in which new technologies allow objects to respond to the environment and to the observer. Paintings come to life and viewers become active users: they need to engage to fully grasp the meaning and soul of the art piece.

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This piece is intended as the first of an interactive series using sensorial triggers and light. The image is painted on white paper with Bare Conductive, a cutting edge conductive ink, able to sense touch and proximity. The ink is connected, behind the canvas, to an Arduino, which processes each paint sensor. Finally, hand-drawn animations are connected to each input via Processing, triggered by the observer’s touch and projection-mapped on the canvas.

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Bare conductive then reached out to produce a second, expanded Awake painting to use for product demonstration and marketing purposes. I designed and directed the piece, and the Bare Conductive team fabricated and connected it using Bare conductive ink and boards.

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The project t has been published by Arduino, Bare Conductive, and Ignant.