Interactive Network Installation

Abstract

The work discussed is this paper deals with a interactive installation to monitor the network flow in a artistic way. The system is developed in C++ grabs packets using LibPCap, analyses them at low level (e.g. packet length) and also provides high-level information (e.g. port number). This new approach is based more on the network flow analysis than on network services analysis. The software communicates with ©Resolume Avenue and ©Reaktor through OSC protocol. ©Resolume Avenue is a software for Video Jockey (VJ) purposes and ©Reaktor is a modular software music studio developed by Native Instrument. Users can actively take part to an interactive audiovisual exhibition system using their mobile device to send e-mails, listen to a web radio, surf on a website, read RSS feeds, in short, the experience begins once visitors exchange data with the network. © Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering 2014.