Mulholland Drive

Scott Hessels 2005
Source: Scott Hessels 2005

Scott Hessels

Mulholland Drive , ongoing
Co-workers & Funding
Programming: Michael Chu
Sound Design: Martin Bonadeo
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  • Mulholland Drive
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Description
Three artists drove Los Angeles' famous Mulholland Drive with five types of sensors--measuring the tilt, direction, altitude, speed and engine sound of the car. The captured data was then used to create an exact 3-D path in a computer, duplicating every curve and pothole of the journey. That computer path was then used to control two robotic lights n a dark room filled with fog.

Two beams of light and the processed sound of the engine recreated the journey of driving the road. The road's geography creates a new form of visual experience and sculpture...cinema without an image.
Keywords
  • aesthetics
    • installation-based
    • navigable
  • genres
    • installations
      • performative installations
    • performance art
      • computer performances
      • happenings
      • multimedia performances
    • robotic art
  • subjects
    • Art and Science
      • algorithms
      • geography
      • machines
      • psychology
    • Arts and Visual Culture
      • expanded cinema
    • Body and Psychology
      • movement
    • Nature and Environment
      • environment
      • landscapes (environments)
      • Nature
    • Society and Culture
      • entertainment
        • popular culture
  • technology
    • displays
      • electronic displays
        • projectors
        • robotic
      • non-electronic displays
        • sculptures
    • interfaces
      • robotic user interfaces (RUI)
    • software
      • C++
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