Physical modeling, computer programming, electronics, counseling, project guidance.
Melik Ohanian, 2014-2016
2014 : Stuttering, Centre Régional d’Arc Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon (CRAC)
2015 : Stutttering, Galerie Chantal Crousel
2015 : Figure of Interval, Centre d'art contemporain d'Yvernon-les-Bains
2016 : Modelling Poetry, 20ª Bienal de Sídney
Out of Pluto has enormously worked in the making of several art pieces for the exhibitions Stuttering and Stutttering from the artist Melik Ohanian, specifically for Modelling poetry, Earth Partition, Figure of Interval, Pulp Off and TransVariation.
To know more
Link: Stuttering in the CRAC
Link: Stuttering, press kit
Link: Stutttering in the Galerie Chantal Crousel
Link: Arte documentary on Melik Ohanian and Stutttering (in French)
Modelling poetryPhysical modeling and computer programming
In 2012 NASA announced that the galaxies Andromeda and the Milky Way would collide in a distant future. The artist Melik Ohanian wanted to represent this event in an artistic way, and he asked Out of Pluto to work together. Out of Pluto created an algorithm of simulation of physical modelling called N-body model, with start parameters representing the galaxies Andromeda and Milky Way. They move closer and closer to each other before colliding. The display uses a huge LED screen: both astronomical objects are projected on the same plan (in the real universe, an angle exists between the two galaxies) and the light displayed is white (galaxies, built by millions of stars, are highly couloured...). Technologies : Logiciel Processing |
Modelling Poetry, video showing a colision simulation made with the algorithm used for the art piece. © Out of Pluto |
Earth Partition, view of the exhibition at the Galerie Chantal Crousel, 2015. © Out of Pluto, courtesy of the artist and the Galerie Chantal Crousel |
Earth PartitionMechanic, electronic and computing concept; building of a pseudoseismograph.
A surreal idea, to represent seismograms interpreted by a mime dancing! That was Melik Ohanian's wish and Out of Pluto designed and built a seismograph that worked as the real instrument while "reading" the danseur movements. The art piece consists on two synchronised videos that show the actions of the mime and the seismograms they "generated", while the real seismograms that inspired him are also on display. To obtain this outcome, Out of Pluto made an electronic and mechanic system consisting of two components: motion detectors (accelerometers) worn by the mime and a mechanic arm. The data from the accelerometers are sent via Bluetooth to a servomotor that controls the mechanic arm. It holds a pencil which writes on a sheet of paper that gradually unrolls... Technologies : Arduino microcontrollers, Bluetooth. |
Figure of IntervalConcept and design
Four clocks with sixty LEDs forming a circle: one lights every second. The cloks run simultaneously but with a quarter cicle gap. The idea is to show, as its name indicates, "a figure of interval". Out of Pluto built the electronics for the clocks, which are connected among themselves and with an Arduino microcontroler that synchronises them. Technologies : concept, programming (Arduino), electronics, LED NeoPixels, digital milling machine. |
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Pulp offComputer programming
The book "“Les Mémoires du génocide arménien”, written by Janine Altounian, is at the heart of this art piece. It was not only "pulped" but also scanned. Out of Pluto standardized the resulting files and built a web aplication that makes it possible for the visitor to read the digital book on full screen, and to easily turn the pages with one finger. Technologies : HTML/CSS/jQuery |
Pulp Off, view of the exhibition at the CRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, 2014. © Out of Pluto