The Door is an interactive installation that connects two physical locations across distance. When both doors are opened simultaneously, a video link is established between the two doors, allowing people to communicate across locations. When the door is opened the screen is initially filled with smoke. Through the act of “waving” the smoke can be moved away—and by doing so, you’ve already waved hello to the person on the other side.
The installation was developed for Helsingborg Municipality for the Drömljus festival held in Helsingborg. One of the doors was placed in Helsingborg, while the other was placed in Copenhagen.
I was responsible for, among other things, developing the microcontroller code, controlling the door pump, handling the reed switch. I was also responsible for the implementation of the software and tying the different pieces of software together in Ubuntu.
