Addiction, love and physical activity share a common hormone - dopamine. This hormone is released when you engage in pleasurable activities. The main function of dopamine is the reward effect that follows subjectively positive events or actions.

DOPAMINE is a take on the infamous particle spill, but this time in the form of an interactive audiovisual installation setting: Real-time control of the virtual actor's movement speed and dynamic particle flow using an infrared camera, Unreal Engine and MAX. A deforming particle swarm only spreads when the user's movement intensity exceeds a certain threshold.

DOPAMINE expands on my recent exploration of placing innocent childlike virtual characters in various social, political and humanistic contexts and environments.
The video is a documentation of DOPAMINE shown at the international gallery "Centrul de Interes" in Cluj/Romania in April 2022.

Computer
FullHD or 4k projection
Stereo audio system
Duration and dimension variable

Klaus Obermaier © 2022
Special thanks to Kat Sullivan!