This interactive art design caught my eyes at the moment I saw the name and I was wondering how can foot become a fall.

This artwork was commissioned in July 2006 by the NTT InterCommunicationsCenter (ICC), Tokyo, for their solo exhibition of Tmema projects. It actually captures the stepping sound of the visitors by microphones under the floor and visualizes the sound into a fall of bubbles. The visitors can also interact with the bubbles, like catching them or throwing them. The size and number of bubbles are determined by the stepping or stomping sound. The louder the sound is, the more bubbles will fall.

It is a quite attractive design for me. Unlike most of the other interactive art, the audiences can interact with it in more dimensions. It is not only a simple visualization of the stepping sound created by the audiences but also an interactive game that the audiences can play with. This artwork combines the sound, the visual image of falling bubbles and the actions of the visitors.

In my mind, it is also very innovative to visualize the sound of stepping, which we seldom notice in our daily life. It brings my attention to the stepping sound I create in everyday life. Have I ever create stepping sound that is louder than I thought? Can it also be a characteristic of one person?

In a word, footfall really inspires me on both aesthetic and technical aspects.

Reference:

http://www.flong.com/projects/footfalls/