Stefan Agamanolis

 Stefan Agamanolis is known for his work in digital communication. He got his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and has more than 10 years experiences from studying at MIT Media Laboratory as a student and later as one of the founding research directors at Media Lab Europe.

His works and researches has been exhibited in diverse venues including Ars Electronica (Austria), the Osaka National Museum of Art (Japan), the Victoria and Albert Museum (UK), the E-culture fair (Netherlands), and the Wired NextFest (USA).

Portrait of Cati
Portrait of Cati was created for an exhibition, Portraits in the 21st Century, to highlight works combining the art of portraiture with computer mediation. It is a portrait that senses and reacts based on the distance of the spectator. There will be a portrait of a woman in the piece, Cati who initially appears neutral and unconcerned. When a spectator moves nearer or farther from the portrait, her facial expression will begin to change. It will be more and less pronounced and return to neutral state if the spectator leaves.

The Portrait of Cati installation consists of a navy blue wooden structure that indicates the active sensing area; the other side of it is a solid wall where a wooden picture frame is hanged. There is a projector at the back of the portrait. An electric field sensing device is used to detect the small movements of the distance between the spectator and the portrait.

External Link

 * http://web.media.mit.edu/~stefan/hc/projects/portraitofcati/