WHITE SQUARE an interactive installation by Hanna Haaslahti with Yves Bernard (2002-2003)	White Square was exhibited at: Filmwinter Festival for Expanded Media, Stuttgart, Jan 2004 VIPER festival, Basle, 2003 VIDA6.0, Madrid, 2003 F2F Brussels, 24.10.2003 - 5.12.2003 Kiasma, Helsinki, 16.1.2003 - 16.3.2003 Art in Motion, AIM IV Interference Patterns Los Angeles, 15.2.2003 - 13.4.2003
White Square was first presented at Kunstahalle Lophem, in the framework of the Symptomania exhibition (Finish Contemporary Photography, Film, Video and Interactive Art), 14.9.2002 - 18.12.2002, Kunsthalle Lophem. Since the Helsinki exhibition at Kiasma beginning of 2003, White Square has many new features proposing more complex collaborative behaviors between users.
	SEE THE VIDEOS: at F2F Brussels, at Kunsthalle Loppem, at Kiasma SEE THE LATEST PHOTOS
CREDITS Interactive scenario and Visuals: Hanna Haaslahti Interaction design Adviser, Programming, Engineering : Yves Bernard
PRODUCTION SUPPORT Kunsthalle Lophem, Brugge, Belgium AVEK- the Promotion Center for Audiovisual Culture, Helsinki Frame - Finnish Fund for Art Exchange Arts Council of Finland iMAL - interactive media art lab, Brussels White Square was produced thanks to a residence of Hanna Haaslahti at iMAL facilities in Brussels during summer 2002, and a residence of Yves Bernard at Kiasma, Helsinki in January 2003.
Shadows are a kinetic lifeform, which are programmed from pre-edited image sequences and projected around the user according to his movements. In the creation of visuals, the natural laws of real-life shadows were studied and adapted as a basis of the visual development for their artificial counterpart. The shadows were enhanced with new set of kinetic behavior patterns, which is the visual language that allows them to respond to users. White Square video motion tracking system allows intuitive and full body interaction of users.