The Psychotropic Lounge

Interacting with the psychotropic sofa.

“The Lounge features the latest Responsive Sound Suite and Internet-linked Mood Management System.  Stroke the touch-sensitive sofa, or play grooves with the NeoTheremin.  No need to watch the news, as the Mood-of-the-World is downloaded directly to the Lounge’s Interactive Wallpaper.’’

Estate agent’s particulars for the Psychotropic House, Guest Projects, Jan 2014.

Installation, including interactive back-projected wallpaper and bespoke touch-sensitive furniture, using Kinect sensor, Engduino, MakeyMakey, C++ and OpenFrameworks on Mac OSX. The interactive sofa is a collaborative work, with painted fabric created by Anya Charikov-Mickleburgh especially for the Lounge, and digitally printed fabric by Allison Soupcoff.

Interactive wallpaper. Photo by Peter Jones and Leonie Mellmann

Created for The Psychotropic House by XAP, Guest Projects, London, Jan 2014.

Baby on the psychotropic sofa. Photo by Liz Sergeant
Visitors interact with the psychotropic sofa and wallpaper in the Psychotropic Lounge.

A commissioned adaptation: Love Mutated, for Endless Reach, Tough Love in the Loft at Mother Studios, Feb 2014.

Adaptation for the ‘Un-Private House’, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Aug-Sept 2014.

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