Bumps Per Minute

BUmps per minute

Bumps Per Minute is an interactive installation that reimagines the classic dodgem car ride as an immsersive sensory experience. As visitors play, a bespoke sensing system tracks their collisions, which trigger a dynamic audiovisual composition that projects across the space. The installation was developed by Anna Meredith and Nick Ryan and is currently showing at Somerset House. More detais can be found here.

For this work, Kai Lab designed a custom PCB and electronmechanical assembly that allowed the electronics and sensor to be easily mounted into the dodgem cars. We also developed a Max patch to trigger audio tracks in Ableton Live upon the collision of the cars. Kai Lab’s design was based on initial testing carried out by Marie Tricaud and used sensors developed by Dave Cranmer.