Myron Krueger, Psychic Space

Invention

Four original diagrams show a participant moving through a room as a projected marker and maze respond on the wall. — Myron Krueger’s diagram of the Maze interaction within Psychic Space (1971), reproduced in his 1977 paper Responsive Environments. Myron Krueger, Responsive Environments, AFIPS National Computer Conference, 1977, p. 428, figure 7. Source scan hosted by University of California, Santa Barbara. Image source.

Another lumino-kinetic interactive installation, Psychic Space consisted of a pressure-sensitive floor that activated a sound and visual program on the walls. This work was an important development in the journey to electronic art and continues the tradition of the New Tendencies art groups such as GRAV.

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.

Sources

Krueger, Myron W. "Responsive Environments." National Computer Conference 1977, 423-433.

People

Myron Krueger

Movements

Lumino-Kinetic Art, Responsive Environments

Filed under

Ideas: Installation Art, Interactive Art, Lumino-Kinetic Art
Technologies: cybernetics, sensors
People: Myron Krueger
Works: Electronic Art, Psychic Space
Organisations: Groupe de Recherche d'Art Visuel (GRAV), New Tendencies

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