Summary
G-Speak project is an interactive video projection which runs on the G-Speak system based on processing language. First scene is the pure sea, then the user need to use certain hand gesture to move the sea and try to find the small tiny waste island in the middle of the G-Speak screen. Second, the user move whole arm and hands like frog swimming to get close to the island, at the same time the user will see an construction site on the tiny island. Third, the user can use certain palm gesture to control the hight of the skyscrapers grow up and down.
The project try to explore the relationship between user's hand gesture and the construction process of the buildings. In front of those skyscrapers are those old houses which being break down by machines, ridiculously, at the same time, the new skyscrapers grown up by our hand gestures. It is represents the continues process of deconstruction and reconstruction that happened around us in the urban area, especially in developing country. Human beings never stop those two process since longtime ago and it will continue forever in the future. The users's hand as the god in some degree could totally control and draw the urban skyline based on this G-Speak system.
The project try to explore the relationship between user's hand gesture and the construction process of the buildings. In front of those skyscrapers are those old houses which being break down by machines, ridiculously, at the same time, the new skyscrapers grown up by our hand gestures. It is represents the continues process of deconstruction and reconstruction that happened around us in the urban area, especially in developing country. Human beings never stop those two process since longtime ago and it will continue forever in the future. The users's hand as the god in some degree could totally control and draw the urban skyline based on this G-Speak system.