LA Phil Image Cloud - Interactive Installation by Refik Anadol
Client
Refik Anadol Studio
Scope of Work
Creative Technologist, Custom Software for Image Cloud
Inside Walt Disney Concert Hall, in the Ira Gershwin Gallery, was an immersive and interactive installation, offering a unique, one-on-one experience for each gallery visitor. The exhibition presented the entire LA Phil digital archives in a non-linear fashion. The visitor, via a touch-screen interface, could interact with the archives in multiple ways: via a sunburst timeline; through curated moments highlighting milestones in the LA Phil’s 100-year history; and by delving into to the entire data universe, represented by an audio cloud and an image cloud, that can be uniquely manipulated by each gallery visitor. I was lead creative developer and implemented the system, rendering and interaction. In particular I brought in my expertise to realize the massive audio cloud and the image cloud that visualized the entire LA Phil archive using an AI algorithm called UMAP.