Suggested 'functions' or interactions

Any suggestions anyone?

Okay, so we're aiming at creating 10-16 different interactions.
All of these interactions involve touching the different textile patches in order to activate them. The idea is to change the sapling according to the chosen textiles : so it might grow, drop leaves, get blown around, bloom or what ever? I'm not sure how else we should push the actual physical interaction (that has a point) ?

Defining the intended interaction:

Physically translating and representing a persons current mood and emotions into a digital form, through textile touch. Different textiles afford different ideas or association. A person when in the interaction area will be prompted to some sort of action when the seedling of the plant appears onto the wall. The idea is that they can explore how different textures will affect the animation and in theory reflect their own mood and ideas up on the wall and to others. Once a person has finished with the wall, their end result is stored and displayed for the next person, who can either choose to reset the canvas or continue to change it.


Starting the interaction

Infrared Camera used to detect a person entering the 'interaction area'. --> Seedling grows and is projected onto screen. Some sort f audio wold be very useful. Something perhaps playful to encourage the person to touch the