The ‘Miniministerie van de Toekomst’ (Mini Ministry for the Future) is an interactive installation commissioned by a the Board of Government Advisors and designed by Verveeld � Verward and Hugo Nagtzaam. The installation consists of a boardroom in which visitors can share their view on the future through interactive terminals.[…]
Installations
Sherlocked: The Alchemist
The Alchemist is a unique immersive escape room experience in the center of Amsterdam. Designed by Sherlocked, this space is an accumulation of creations of makers from all over the world, resulting in a one of a kind experience. Interactive Matter was responsible for the full technical control systems of[…]
Shelter
Shelter is a light-art Installation that emerges the visitors in an intense three-minute light and sound experience. While the installation is transparent from the outside, from the perspective of people in the installation, the light obscures the view to the outside providing a virtual shelter and a feeling of security.[…]
Glow 2021 @ TU/e : Eye of Atlas
During Glow 2021, the largest light festival in the Netherlands, the facade of the Eindhoven University of Technology main building named ‘Atlas’ was turned into an enormous eye overlooking the university campus. To achieve this, we collaborated with the universities building services to connect all lighting in the Atlas building[…]
Reuringdienst Projects
‘De Reuringdienst‘ creates social interventions, stimulating conversation on societal challenges through interactive installations in public space. Interactive Matter regularly designs and develops the electronics and software for the interactive installations, often consisting of lights, switches, displays and motors.
Escher in het Paleis
In 2019 the Escher Museum in The Hague asked a group of school children to make three of Escher’s drawings come to life, with the specific purpose of allowing them to be ‘seen’ by people with visual impairment. Together with De Bende Rotterdam we created the three installations based on[…]
Loom Light
Loom Light is an artwork by Titia Ex, commissoned by the municipality of Eindhoven. The work commemorates the Philips manager Jan Zwartendijk (1886 – 1976) who, during WWII aided the refuge of thousands of jewish people through the creation of false documentation, and in doing so saving their lives. Interactive[…]
Avans New Economies
Instead of ordinary research publications, the Sustainable Strategy and Innovation (SSI) professorship at Avans Hogeschool is moving towards event-based presentations and discussion of their research subjects. In order to create a dialogue with society, we were asked to create a set of ‘Vox Populi’ devices where participants can give their[…]
Ekko
Based on the experience with the Beleefkamer project, a new iteration on the concept was created, called Ekko. Again, the room serves to stimulate reminiscence and communication for elderly with dementia, based on personal video content. The space can offer them a place of comfort and recognition of old memories,[…]
Gedichtenbank
Gedichtenbank is made in cooperation with De Bende Rotterdam, Holland Art Group and Pleyade. Placed in the outdoor space of an elderly care facility in Arnhem, this ‘Poetry bench’ plays poems and stories to whomever takes a seat. The poems are collected from the residents and recorded by caretakers and[…]