Eye-tracking drawing at Castille Square, 2021
The following selected works are the outcomes of a specific drawing exercise that i conceived in order to reflect about power and architecture in my home country. Pjazza Kastilja in Maltese, or Castille Square in English (both official languages in Malta), houses the Auberge de Castille and St. James Cavalier. These two historical buildings are an example of the architecture left behind by the Knights of St. John (in Malta between the 16th and 18th centuries). The Auberge de Castille has been the office to the Prime Minister of Malta since 1972 (Malta acquired its independence from the British rule in 1967). On the other side of the square, the fortifications of St. James Cavalier had been transformed into the national arts and cultural centre back in 2000.
Drawing with my eyes while wearing the eye-tracker in Castille Square was inevitably influenced by historical, cultural, contextual and socio-political connotations. The drawings are also the result of a techno-human co-authorship, where eye movements become data; data become lines; and lines become moving image.
Some eye-tracking drawings were eventually overlaid on top of a rough 3D scan of the public space.
Eye-tracking drawing in Castille Square, May – September 2021
Digital drawing with eye-tracking – different viewpoints
Pupil Core monocular eye-tracker, Pupil Player, Rhino 3D
Eye-tracking drawing in Castille Square, May – September 2021
Digital video loop with eye-tracking
Pupil Core monocular eye-tracker, Pupil Player, Rhino 3D
Eye-tracking drawing in Castille Square, May – September 2021
Digital drawing with eye-tracking
Two different screenshots of the resulting eye-tracking doodles after climbing up and down the Auberge de Castille stairs. The eye-tracking drawings were superimposed with a rough 3D scan of the square.
Pupil Core monocular eye-tracker, Pupil Player, Rhino 3D, 3D scan with 3Dim
Eye-tracking drawing in Castille Square (stairs), May – September 2021
Digital video loop with eye-tracking
Pupil Core monocular eye-tracker, Pupil Player, Rhino 3D, 3D scan with 3Dim