Artist Portfolio (selected)
Public Art Commission
Title : Interactive Flow Fields
Commissioning Entity: City of Palo Alto Public Art Program
Event : CODE:ART 2023
Dates : Oct 13 – 15, 2023
Interactive Flow Fields was a multi display video installation, consisting of a computer running TouchDesigner, displaying a webcam reactive field flow algorithm. Flow fields are a branch of physics used to predict how objects flow through a defined medium. These underlying principles help us to understand movement: from the very large, like how gravity and electromagnetism influence the paths of celestial bodies; all the way to the very small, like how pharmaceuticals use nano-particles to deliver drugs through our bloodstream.
The artist’s idea behind Interactive Flow Fields was to introduce these concepts to the public through an dynamic visual installation. The viewer saw a sample flow field of particles generated with code on a LED panel wall. Their movement was tracked by a 3D camera altering the direction of the particle flows dynamically. The artist aimed to show that science and code in general can be fun, also highlighting flow fields in particular, as an easy introduction to generative art.
Steven Christopher Wallace is an artist living in San Francisco. His work has been seen in galleries and exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia as well as in the metaverse as a featured artist during Decentraland Art Week, on the Monograma x SuperRare Space, in the Rug Radio x Superchief Gallery in New York City, in the Idolwild Gallery in Los Angeles, at the /’fu:bar/ expo in Croatia, and as a featured artist at NFT NYC.
