该设计是基于一种参与式方法，建筑师和美国纽约的客户参与其中，在2023年-05-18。The Urban Conga自豪地推出了oPTIK，这是一种互动装置，为用户提供了以各种方式操纵装置、空间和周围环境的机会。该装置通过创造共享的游戏体验用来来唤起公共联系，通过为用户提供一个开放的平台来参与光、声音和运动，在空间内激发不断变化的游戏氛围。这项工作将由纽约市中心联盟在Cortlandt Way的Three World Trade展出，直到6月21日。

The design is based on a participatory method that involved architects and clients with the New York, United States, 2023-05-18 -The Urban Conga proudly introduces oPTIK, an interactive installation that provides an opportunity for users to manipulate the work, the space, and the surrounding context in various ways. The installation evokes communal connection by creating shared play experiences, sparking an ever-changing playful atmosphere within a space by providing an open-ended platform for users to engage with light, sound, and movement. The work will be presented by the NYC Downtown Alliance at Three World Trade on Cortlandt Way until June 21st.

oPTIK的想法来自于这样一种理解:如果人们能够开始稍微操纵他们所占据的空间，他们就会开始对这个地方有更大的归属感。互动装置是一种观察临时公共活动如何开始以积极的方式影响我们的建筑环境的方式。通过开放式游戏设计，它成为激发社区互动和社交活动的工具。这件作品是作为一种替代镜头而创作的，它将人们从日常生活中转移到一种游戏状态中，让他们以新的方式与工作、周围空间和其他人互动。

The idea for oPTIK came from the understanding that if people can begin to even slightly manipulate the space they occupy, they will start to feel a greater sense of ownership of the place. The interactive installation serves as a way to look at how temporary public activations can begin to impact our built environment in a positive way. It becomes a tool for evoking community interaction and social activity through its open-ended play design. The work was created as an alternative lens that transports people away from their daily routine and into a state of play, allowing them to engage with the work, the surrounding space, and others in new ways

Urban Conga与Serge Maeheu和INIT合作，将oPTIK开发成一种旅游空间激活，将在全球范围内激发独特、有趣的体验。受陀螺仪的形式和可玩性的启发，oPTIK被创建为一系列可以在多个轴上旋转的环，从而获得无尽的游戏体验。oPTIK被开发为两套十个单元，可以放置在不同的方向，使它们能够适应世界各地的不同地点。这种6英尺长的类似陀螺仪的形式在中心包含一层二向色膜，使用户能够旋转片段，以创造新的、不断变化的机会，在白天反射太阳和周围环境，同时在晚上折射内部背光，从而获得周围环境的过滤视图。当观众旋转每个单元时，他们创造了自己无尽的色彩级联。随着音符开始以每十五度的旋转速度演奏，这种体验得到了进一步提升。

The Urban Conga collaborated with Serge Maeheu and INIT to develop oPTIK into a touring spatial activation that would spark unique, playful experiences around the globe. Inspired by the gyroscope’s form and playability, oPTIK was created as a series of rings that can be rotated on multiple axis, allowing for an endless play experience. oPTIK was developed as two sets of ten units that can be placed in various orientations, allowing them to adapt to different sites around the world. The 6-foot gyroscope-like forms contain a dichroic film at the center that enables the user to rotate the segments to create new, ever-changing opportunities that reflect the sun and surrounding context during the day, while refracting the internal uplighting at night, resulting in a filtered view of the surrounding context. As the audience rotates each unit, they create their own endless cascades of colors. The experience is elevated further as musical notes begin to play at every fifteen degrees of rotation. Each unit becomes its own unique instrument, from pianos to drums. Through movement and reflection of light, each of these colorful units encourages the public to engage with another unit and other people within the space, sparking spontaneous conversations, dance parties, jam sessions, light shows, and more. More than just a photogenic monument within a space, the work is designed to become a communal hub for social connection. Optik showcases the value of play within our everyday spaces and how it can be utilized to create more inclusive, social, and equitable spaces and places.

oPTIK是一个由十个发光互动式陀螺仪组成的系列，分为两组，每组十个。每个单元宽1.5米，长1.5米，高2米，包含三个环。外圈是固定的，装有20个灯，而两个内环在两个不同的轴上转动。中心环上有一个圆盘，上面附着着一层二向色膜，在白天和晚上的相互作用中反射出一系列的颜色。每个组件都包含一个传感器，该传感器与内部的小型微型计算机相连，当作品旋转时，它会触发音符和灯光。每个单元可以从其内部扬声器播放多达1000个音符。

oPTIK is a series of ten illuminated interactive gyroscopes broken into two sets of ten. Each unit is 1.5 meters wide x 1.5 meters long x 2 meters high and contains three rings. The outer ring is fixed and equipped with 20 lights, while the two inner rings pivot on two separate axes. The central ring is equipped with a disc adhered with a dichroic film, reflecting a spectrum of colors during its day and evening interactions. Each component contains a sensor at the main pivot point that is connected to a small micro-computer inside, which triggers the musical notes and lights as the work is rotated. Each unit can play up to one thousand notes from its internal speakers.

Technical sheet

Project Title: oPTIK

Client: NYC Downtown Alliance

Designer / Creator: The Urban Conga

Collaborator: Serge Maheu

Produced by: INIT

Toured by: CREOS

Website: https://www.theurbanconga.com/

Social: @theurbanconga

Year Installed: 2023

Location: Cortlandt Way New York, NY 10007

Project Size: 10 units at 5’W x 5’L x 5’H