DO CREATIONS - THE EXPERIMENT

"THE EXPERIMENT"
INSTALLATION INTERACTIVE
"THE EXPERIMENT" INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION

(description to come)

The Experiment : A tongue-in-cheek interactive audio-visual installation about an Artificial Intelligence that tries too hard to control its human counterpart.

"HUMANS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR A PERFECTLY SAFE EXPERIMENT. DURATION : 5 MINUTES. SERIOUS AND HEALTHY CANDIDATES ONLY."

Explores the relationship between human and machine, data collection and an ultimate, pathethic attempt from a machine to control people who care less and less about it.

My first artistic installation !
Duration : about 5 min
I discovered this place when I helped Marie with her installation.

Code Arduino

#include <CapacitiveSensor.h>

#include <Servo.h>

Servo servo;

int lampPin = 7;

int laserCagePin = 8;

int smokeServoPin = 3;

int laserpointerPin = 12;

int presenceSensorPin = 9;

int rightPhotoResistorPin = A0;

int leftPhotoResistorPin = A2;

int laserpointerButtonPin = A5;

CapacitiveSensor cs_4_2 = CapacitiveSensor(4, 2); //sphere capacitive sensor

int proximityThreshold = 2500; //sphere hand proximity threshold

int touchThreshold = 17000; //sphere hand touch threshold

int rightPhotoResistorThreshold = 250; // lower = less perturbed by smoke

int leftPhotoResistorThreshold = 150; // lower = less perturbed by smoke

int laserpointerButtonThreshold = 850;

bool presenceDetected = false;

bool sphereActive = true;

bool sphereTouched = false;

bool laserCageActive = false;

bool laserpointerActive = false;

bool laserpointerButtonPressed = false;

bool laserpointerButtonTimerStarted = false;

bool laserpointerButtonTimerEnded = false;

bool mainEloignee = false;

bool mainApproche = false;

bool drawingVoiceTimerStarted = false;

bool drawingVoiceTimerEnded = false;

unsigned long currentMillis = 0;

unsigned long previousMillis = 0;

unsigned long previousDrawingVoiceMillis = 0;

unsigned long previousLaserpointerButtonMillis = 0;

int sphereTouchedDelay = 2000;

int laserDelay = 0;

int drawingVoiceDelay = 20000;

int laserpointerButtonDelay = 32000; //for how long people can draw with the blue laser pointer

int smokeServoDuration = 3000 + sphereTouchedDelay + laserDelay;

bool smokeServoTimerStarted = false;

bool smokeServoOn;

bool presenceStarted = false;

int rightPhotoResistor;

int leftPhotoResistor;

int laserpointerButton;

void setup() {

Serial.begin(9600);

Serial.setTimeout(1);

pinMode(lampPin, OUTPUT);

pinMode(laserCagePin, OUTPUT);

pinMode(smokeServoPin, OUTPUT);

pinMode(laserpointerPin, OUTPUT);

pinMode(presenceSensorPin, INPUT);

servo.attach(smokeServoPin);

servo.write(10);

digitalWrite(laserCagePin, HIGH);

digitalWrite(laserpointerPin, HIGH);

digitalWrite(lampPin, HIGH);

smokeServoOn = false;

//cs_4_2.set_CS_AutocaL_Millis(0xFFFFFFFF); //disable capacitivesensor autocalibration

}

void smokeServo() {

if (smokeServoOn == false) {

servo.write(40);

smokeServoOn = true;

previousMillis = currentMillis;

smokeServoTimerStarted = true;

}

void smokeServoTimer() {

if (smokeServoOn == true && currentMillis - previousMillis > smokeServoDuration) {

servo.write(10);

smokeServoOn = false;

smokeServoTimerStarted = false;

}

void drawingVoiceTimer () {

if (drawingVoiceTimerEnded == false && currentMillis - previousDrawingVoiceMillis > drawingVoiceDelay) {

if (laserpointerButtonPressed == false) Serial.println("Voix dessin");

drawingVoiceTimerEnded = true;

}

void laserpointerButtonTimer () {

if (laserpointerButtonTimerEnded == false && currentMillis - previousLaserpointerButtonMillis > laserpointerButtonDelay) {

Serial.println("Fin dessin");

laserpointerButtonTimerEnded = true;

digitalWrite(laserCagePin, HIGH);

digitalWrite(laserpointerPin, HIGH);

digitalWrite(lampPin, HIGH);

laserCageActive = false;

laserpointerActive = false;

laserpointerButtonPressed = false;

drawingVoiceTimerStarted = false;

laserpointerButtonTimerStarted = false;

sphereActive = true;

delay(10000); //delay to match python time.sleep

}

void laserpointerButtonTimerReset () {

previousLaserpointerButtonMillis = currentMillis;

laserpointerButtonTimerStarted = true;

laserpointerButtonTimerEnded = false;

}

void drawingVoiceTimerReset () {

previousDrawingVoiceMillis = currentMillis;

drawingVoiceTimerStarted = true;

drawingVoiceTimerEnded = false;

}

void touched() {

digitalWrite(lampPin, LOW);

delay(sphereTouchedDelay);

digitalWrite(laserCagePin, LOW);

digitalWrite(laserpointerPin, LOW);

laserCageActive = true;

laserpointerActive = true;

delay(laserDelay);

smokeServo();

smokeServoTimerStarted = true;

sphereTouched = false;

delay(100); //delay for photoresistor to pick up light signal from lasers

}

void lampFlicker() {

digitalWrite(lampPin, LOW);

delay(15);

digitalWrite(lampPin, HIGH);

delay(30);

}

void laserCageTouched() {

digitalWrite(laserCagePin, HIGH);

digitalWrite(laserpointerPin, HIGH);

digitalWrite(lampPin, HIGH);

if (laserpointerButtonPressed == true) {

Serial.println("Fin dessin");

delay(10000);

}

else {

Serial.println("CageLaserTouche");

delay(3500);

}

laserCageActive = false;

laserpointerActive = false;

laserpointerButtonPressed = false;

drawingVoiceTimerStarted = false;

laserpointerButtonTimerStarted = false;

sphereActive = true;

//delay to match python time.sleep

}

void laserpointerPressed() {

Serial.println("PointeurLaserAppuye");

laserpointerButtonPressed = true;

}

void sphereInteractivity () {

long sensorValue = cs_4_2.capacitiveSensor(300);

Serial.println(String(" sphereValue: ") + sensorValue + String(" "));

//Serial.println(" \t");

if (sensorValue < proximityThreshold && mainEloignee == false && mainApproche == true) {

Serial.println("MainEloignee");

mainEloignee = true;

}

if (sensorValue > proximityThreshold+1 && sensorValue < touchThreshold) {

Serial.println("MainApproche");

mainEloignee = false;

mainApproche = true;

lampFlicker();

}

if (sensorValue > touchThreshold+1) {

Serial.println("MainTouche");

sphereTouched = true;

sphereActive = false;

mainEloignee = false;

mainApproche = false;

}

void welcomeVoice() {

if (presenceDetected == true && presenceStarted == false) {

Serial.println("Message de bienvenue");

presenceStarted = true;

}

if (presenceDetected == false) {

presenceStarted = false;

}

void loop() {

delay(50); //delay to slow down everything

//delay(200); //delay to read serial.print

currentMillis = millis();

presenceDetected = digitalRead(presenceSensorPin);

//Serial.println(presenceDetected);

Serial.println(String(" rightPhotoResistor: ") + rightPhotoResistor);

Serial.println(String(" leftPhotoResistor: ") + leftPhotoResistor);

if (laserCageActive == false) welcomeVoice();

if (smokeServoTimerStarted == true) smokeServoTimer();

if (sphereActive == true) sphereInteractivity();

if (sphereTouched == true) touched();

rightPhotoResistor = analogRead(rightPhotoResistorPin);

leftPhotoResistor = analogRead(leftPhotoResistorPin);

laserpointerButton = analogRead(laserpointerButtonPin);

//Serial.println(String("laserpointerButton: ") + laserpointerButton);

if (rightPhotoResistor < rightPhotoResistorThreshold && leftPhotoResistor < leftPhotoResistorThreshold && laserCageActive == true) laserCageTouched(); //COMMENT OFF TO CALIBRATE LASERS POSITIONS

if (laserpointerButton < laserpointerButtonThreshold && laserCageActive == true && laserpointerButtonPressed == false) laserpointerPressed();

if (laserCageActive == true && drawingVoiceTimerStarted == false) drawingVoiceTimerReset();

if (laserCageActive == true && drawingVoiceTimerEnded == false) drawingVoiceTimer();

if (laserCageActive == true && laserpointerButtonTimerStarted == false && laserpointerButtonPressed == true) laserpointerButtonTimerReset();

if (laserCageActive == true && laserpointerButtonTimerEnded == false && laserpointerButtonPressed == true) laserpointerButtonTimer();

//Serial.println(currentMillis - previousDrawingVoiceMillis);

void reset_CS_AutoCal(); //reset capacitivesensor ?

}

Fabrication :
Building process :

The cable is a fake. No electric current will run through the sphere.

The lasers would start when the sphere is touched by someone. They all are under 5 mW of optical power, making them harmless (Class II).

Code Python
(to communicate with computer)

import time

import serial

import keyboard

import winsound

import vlc

ArduinoSerial = serial.Serial('com5',9600)

time.sleep(0.5)

player = vlc.Instance()

media_player = player.media_player_new()

welcome = player.media_new("welcome.mp3")

electricity = player.media_new("electricity.mp3")

thunder = player.media_new("thunder.mp3")

tryagain = player.media_new("tryagain.mp3")

voixdessin = player.media_new("voixdessin.mp3")

thankyou = player.media_new("thankyou.mp3")

welcomeIsPlaying = False

electricityIsPlaying = False

thunderIsPlaying = False

tryagainIsPlaying = False

voixdessinHasPlayed = False

thankyouIsPlaying = False

while True:

incoming = str (ArduinoSerial.readline())

print (incoming)

time.sleep(0.001)

if ('Message de bienvenue' in incoming and media_player.is_playing() == False):

media_player.set_media(welcome)

media_player.play()

voixdessinHasPlayed = False

#welcomeIsPlaying = True

if ('MainEloignee' in incoming):

media_player.stop()

electricityIsPlaying = False

if ('MainApproche' in incoming and electricityIsPlaying == False):

media_player.stop()

media_player.set_media(electricity)

media_player.play()

electricityIsPlaying = True

if (media_player.is_playing() == False and electricityIsPlaying == True):

media_player.set_media(electricity)

media_player.play()

electricityIsPlaying = True

if ('MainTouche' in incoming):

media_player.stop()

electricityIsPlaying = False

voixdessinHasPlayed = False

media_player.set_media(thunder)

media_player.play()

#thunderIsPlaying = True

#time.sleep(6)

if ('CageLaserTouche' in incoming):

media_player.stop()

media_player.set_media(tryagain)

media_player.play()

#tryagainIsPlaying = True

voixdessinHasPlayed = False

time.sleep(3.5)

if ('Voix dessin' in incoming):

media_player.stop()

media_player.set_media(voixdessin)

media_player.play()

voixdessinHasPlayed = True

if ('PointeurLaserAppuye' in incoming and voixdessinHasPlayed == False):

#media_player.stop()

media_player.set_media(voixdessin)

media_player.play()

#voixdessinIsPlaying = True

if ('Fin dessin' in incoming):

media_player.stop()

media_player.set_media(thankyou)

media_player.play()

voixdessinHasPlayed = False

time.sleep(10)

#thankyouIsPlaying = True

"THE EXPERIMENT"INSTALLATION INTERACTIVE"THE EXPERIMENT" INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION

Fabrication :Building process :

"THE EXPERIMENT"
INSTALLATION INTERACTIVE
"THE EXPERIMENT" INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION

Fabrication :
Building process :