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p5.js Traditional Taiwanese puppetry 野台戲 

This project reimagines the traditional Taiwanese 'Wild Stage' (野台戲) for the digital age. By pulling up the laptop lid, the user performs a modern ritual opening the curtain to a sacred performance space. Through real-time webcam hand-tracking, the puppeteer’s kinetic energy is translated directly into the glow of the stage. As hand movements quicken, the digital temple radiates with neon light, bridging the gap between ancient folk puppetry and contemporary motion-sensing technology.

​受李天祿老師的布袋戲曲啟發,想以線上操偶的方式模擬傳統手部操控的動作,藉由P5.js 打開電腦可以即時表演,就像台灣早期的野台戲一樣,能將舞台架設在不同場景。

程式核心建立於手部座標的動態運算,藉由計算手部移動位移(Velocity)與動作強度(Intensity),即時驅動舞台背景的 HSB 色彩循環與螢光效果,然後讓舞台效果配合戲偶活動變化,來配合即時表演的敘事。

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​食指、中指、大拇指,為操控,模仿傳統布袋戲偶的動態及操控方式。

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