Simon Penny - Petit Mal

Maybe because of my experience in Potsdam, I find light particularly interesting. Making light response interactively could be a good idea for the second Assignment.

http://ace.uci.edu/penny/works/petitmal.html

The artist Simon Penny is especially keen in “interaction which takes place in the space of the body, in which kinesthetic intelligences, rather than "literary-imagistic" intelligences play a major part.”

http://www.transmediale.de/page/files/download/file/petitMal.JPG

Penny’s aim with Petit Mal was the creation of an autonomous robotic artwork, which does not lack in charm. Petit Mal senses and explores the space round it, follows people and reacts to them. Due to its behavior, it appears to be intelligent. Penny seeks to explore the esthetics of machine behavior and interactive behavior within an almost everyday environment.