On the River

Our water projections over the bridge at night have been great for interactivity with the public. It doesn’t matter how old– we had folks swimming, jumping, and shadow-puppeting in front of our make-shift screen all night. It was also particularly nice when people who had stopped to talk felt comfortable swirling their hands (or my pen) around in the water themselves.

It’s crazy how something as simple as a small tub of water on a projector screen can intrigue people from half a mile away. On several occasions, pedestrians who had stopped to chat mentioned that they had seen the curious light and forms from an opposite bridge and had walked specifically to find out what they were seeing. That set us up for some immediate conversations.

Thus far, the water projections have been both simple and effective (perhaps effective because they are simple).