I did some projects and put them on the internet!

Last night Site 3 brought Flux and Fire, an interactive flame-effect installation to the streets of Toronto as a part of Nuit Blanche. Following the success of The Heart Machine – another, larger, and more elaborate fire sculpture – at this year’s Burning Man, the installation consists of a proximity sensor-laden platform surrounded by a circle of sixteen flamethrowers. Wave your hands, legs, hats, or what have you over the sensors and the corresponding flamethrowers emit ten foot jets of flame. It’s great.

As a Site 3 member, I was volunteering for a chunk of the night and, in between replacing burnt out cans of Sterno, got to see some pretty creative fire controlling techniques (a couple making out in a ring of fire, anyone?).

Check it out!

Kids, shockingly, love playing with fire. They really liked turning on one or two flamethrowers continuously, which was nice for those of us shivering around perimeter. There were frequent shouts of “Over here, we’re freezing!”

Christine, the project leader, talks to someone from television.

Christine controls fire with someone from television!