LIGHT STORIES is an interactive installation driven by computer algorithms, breaking news stories, and human participants. Viewers find two anthropomorphized chicken sculptures within an A-frame shelter. The chickens beckon, “come closer,” with text-to-speech created from real children’s voices. If participants engage further, the chickens begin their performance, divulging current news stories and telling bad jokes.
Installation materials: feathers, fiberfill, chicken wire, wood, PVC pipe, iphone, tablet, other found materials, custom software, sensor, video projection, sound. Dimensions: 66” W x 68” D x 57.5” H.
LIGHT STORIES has exhibited at The Lodge Gallery (NYC), The Knockdown Center (NYC), University of Tennessee's Downtown Gallery (Knoxville), and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond) as part of InLight.
