John Henry Thompson

Garden of Interactive Delights

Hague Summer Festival · 1988

Hague Summer Festival · June 11–19, 1988

Garden of Interactive Delights

Four-piece interactive installation at the Hague Summer Festival, 1988, made with Benjamin Bergery.

Cover of the Garden of Interactive Delights program booklet, Hague Summer Festival 1988.

Garden of Interactive Delights was a four-piece interactive laser-disc installation shown at the Hague Summer Festival, June 11–19, 1988, made in collaboration with Benjamin Bergery.

The four pieces — Picture Piano, Movie Machine, Shadow Canvas, and Interactive Bed — explored the body as a control surface for moving image and sound.

Handwritten and printed notes for the Garden of Interactive Delights installation, 1988.
Notes.
Sketches and notes for the Interactive Bed piece, 1988.
Notes for the Interactive Bed.
Making the Interactive Bed in Los Angeles, 1988.
Building the Interactive Bed in LA.
John Henry Thompson and Benjamin Bergery on the Interactive Bed, 1988.
JHT and Benjamin Bergery on the Interactive Bed.
The Interactive Bed at a film venue, 1988.
Interactive Bed on screen.

Medium

Interactive laser-disc

Venue

Hague Summer Festival

Role

Co-creator with Benjamin Bergery

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