In Zachary Lieberman’s installation, figures drawn with pen and ink take on a life of their own and interact with their creators in that they seem to arise from the sheet of drawing paper and start to move in synch with the hand motions of the person who drew them. This installation, which features very user-friendly operation, is powered by special software that transforms a video image in real time into a digital image that, in turn, reacts to real processes like the movements of the hand that drew the figure.

Prix Ars Electronica 2006, Award of Distinction Interactive Art