http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYuy4MfKv0k
Lightwell 2008, Dangerous Australians, viewed 1 June. 2012, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYuy4MfKv0k
Micheal Hill, Director of Lightwell, Master Media Art, other members of Lightwell have Bachelors of Design and years of experience designing multimedia for Museums and other public spaces both Nationally and Internationally. Lightwell produce installations from large scale interactive projects to detailed touch screens.
Dangerous Australians is located at the Australian Museum in Sydney, and was installed in June 2008. The work is a six metre long interactive projection that features some of Australia's most dangerous animals. It consists of custom Mac software and features 3D computer generated imagery creatures. The main purpose of this work is interactive education. This particular work, gives detailed information when closely examined but also because the table's inhabitants respond to prying visitors in a scarily life-like way, achieves the aim of education across all age groups. There are also electronic tools such as a magnifying glass to get up close and learn more about each of the table's inhabitants, such as their habitat and behaviour. There is also information about first aid treatment if bitten.
Other similar installations such as the 'Never Enough Grass' project at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra which is also a multi-touch, interactive and also the 'Yiwarra kuju' large scale, multi-touch screen installation about the Canning Stock Route in Western Australia also located at the National Museum of Australia. As the Dangerous Australians project is found in the Australian Museum in Sydney, which has both National and International visitors of all ages, and is primarily for education regarding dangerous animals in Australia, it does this successfully by being interactive, colourful and life like.
I personally love the projects of Lightwell and will be sharing their work with you all in the future!.
