Pixeldust

Pixeldust (An Algorithmic Collective Memory Project) is a contributory, interactive video/audio/text engine that can be output to many different forms of exhibition-from small monitors to large-scale public video projections. Written in the Processing language, it accepts photographic portraits, disassembles them into component pixels that lie like dust in the bottom of the screen, then dramatically sweeps them up into the complete portrait as the viewer listens to a short autobiographical statement by the portrayed person. In a world increasingly threatened by erosion of civil rights, environmental destruction and economic disparity, Pixeldust presents a visual/aural display of hope, faith and resoluteness through short autobiographical texts and visual portraits from inspirational figures in world history.