The LAB created a series of projections for the Whitney Museum of American Art’s “Whitney Shows Off” event. Each of the projections were an interactive kaleidoscope driven by cameras throughout the space. Images of patrons were refracted into a generative, ever-changing kaleidoscopic pattern.

Upstairs, we transformed the reception desk into a large projection visible from the street. Downstairs, we created two different interactive kaleidoscopes. For the first, we made a small tube-shaped table that refracted objects placed upon it into the projected pattern. In the second location, we placed cameras in the space, turning the kaleidoscope inside out and transforming images of the guests into the kaleidoscope.