Eco-rific!
Isn’t this wild?
It’s Emily Gobeille and Theodore Watson’s Funky Forest, an “immersive interactive ecosystem for young children.” Kids can use their bodies to grow trees, water them, and attract creatures to the forest environment.
Funky Forest premiered at the 2007 Cinekid festival in the Netherlands.
More info here. Or watch this video which shows how kids interact with the glowing animated environment.
Gobeille and Waston (along with “polymer artist” Meredith Dittmar) recently had a show at Brooklyn’s Riveria Gallery. The show was called “Biome” and the Flckr set is here. Lovely image on the jump…
“Viewing portals bring visitors into a world where they can interact with the animated creatures who live there. Visitors can use their voice, cell phones, keys - any object - to communicate with and ‘feed’ the creatures.”
I can’t believe I missed this! Anyone see it?
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On August 17th, 2008 at 5:18 am
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