TENTACLES: THE ASTOUNDING LIVES OF OCTOPUS, SQUID AND CUTTLEFISH | APRIL 2014 - DECEMBER 2020
Managed $450K Interpretive Media budget and 1.5 year research, design, production, and install schedule
Led design of 20+ Interpretive Media experiences - 2 digital interactives, 13 video experiences, 5 sound zones
AV hardware included 38 monitors, 3 projectors, 30 video players, 4 PCs, and 30+ speakers
Meet the Family Interactive - 90” 4K Monitor with an associated joystick allowed visitors to cycle through custom-built 3D models of the cephalopod family (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish, and Nautilus). Models morphed between forms showing visitors that, even though they look very different, all cephalopods share many similar body parts.
Squid Video Wall - 1x4 video wall grid measuring 16ft wide x 2ft tall displaying a school of Big Fin Reef Squid, composited from video shot of one individual, continuously swimming by visitors.
4K Octopus Virtual Tank - 84” 4K monitor displaying video of the Giant Pacific Octopus captured with the Aquarium’s first Red Camera.
Chromatophore Interactive - 6 touchscreen stations, each equipped with Microsoft Kinect cameras, allowed visitors to record videos of themselves with digital chromatophores overlaid over their faces. Chromatophores are the cells cephalopods use to change the color and patterns on their skin. Visitors controlled the patterns by changing their facial expressions. Visitors’ videos were then sent to a large 12 monitor social screen in the gallery and emailed to visitors to share with their social networks.