The Music Cube (2012)
– Type: Installation art
– Contributions: Programming, game design
– Created in ca. 2,5 months

About

Created as a promotion for hairdresser Kinki Kappers in Enschede. This interactive art installation turns the player into a DJ and visual artist by simply placing and turning colored blocks. With over 70 looping music samples over three different genres, wacky animations plus LED lights and very easy controls, it should catch the attention of the pedestrians. A lot of people enjoyed playing with the Music Cube during our exhibition at Kinki Kappers.

My contributions

I co-designed and did all of the programming that runs the music cube. Using ActionScript, I made the code that animates the visuals on the screen as well as the LED strips in the installation, reads the Fiducial codes on the colored blocks and plays the appropriate music loops. I also worked closely together with the hairdresser that we were promoting and with my teammates to come up with and iterate on an interesting concept that gives the hairdresser an interesting art installation to promote their shop. The result is the Music Cube. The visuals contain characters with various hairstyles, reflecting the shop’s purpose. I also helped with the promotion on the Music Cube website, both on print and on video.

• Concept art
• Game design
• Programming