"Touch the flower"

Created for the Nouveau Classical Project's "Mysterium Novum" performance / installation / extravaganza, Flora Sensoria is an interactive exploration into involuntary multi-sensory experiences.  It consists of 4 paper flowers (created via a burning process that I developed) with embedded sensors that facilitate the measurement of physical vibrations and 100 burnt paper flowers on the wall.  The touch vibrations in the 4 interactive flowers are amplified and used to control transducer technology in the floor, speakers on the wall, multi-colored lights.  

Installation Artist - Anne Patterson
Composer/Conductor - Paul Haas
Scents and Costumes - Atelier De Geste
Lighting - Jeanette Yew
Musical Ensemble - Nouveau Classical Project

People are invited to interact with the flower while standing on a platform.  They see the flower, and when they touch it, a chain reaction takes place using the information of their own touch.  They 'feel' it through the floor and 'see' it transmitted in the lights.

A very simple interaction/reaction - but one that is immediate, involuntary, and [hopefully] memorable.

Mysterium Novum took place on June 25/26, 2016 at White Box gallery in NYC. 

The Nouveau Classical Project played for a sold out crowd.   It was subtle, intense, intricate, moving - matching the overall 'vibe' of the forest.

A closer look at the interactive flowers

The progression of the flowers themselves, from pencil sketches, to mockups, to burnt, constructed, and coated sculptures.