Kilo Pixel is a proposal fo the INTERArChTIVE commission call. The project is an interactive array of cathode tubes (Kilo-Pixel, single signal with low level graphic variation) that listens to its environment and creates space.

KiloPixel is an architectural installation composed mainly of an interactive array of cathode tubes supported by a metallic structure. The installation is designed to capture and display the invisible fields that move around the different scales of spaces that surround the piece: the installation area, the building and the city. These fields are captured by an array of diverse sensors – electric field sensors, radio antennas, network activity monitors and light sensitive sensors – that communicate the central control of the installation. The combined data is used to orchestrate the cathode tubes by displaying different patterns of white noise, interference, and low level graphic primitives associated with various visual and temporal patterns and behaviors that can be observed across whole body of the installation. Each visual element is correlated to the data that have been sensed by the installation,
making visible things that would normally be invisible.

This proposal was developed in collaboration with:
Daniel Cardoso Architect, PhD candidate M.I.T design and computation.
Richard Duks Koschitz Dipl.Ing. Architect; PhD candidate M.I.T design and computation.
Carlos Rocha Engineer & Scientist, Honda Research Institute USA.