Introduction
Alice In Wonderland 2007/07/02 20:29 1. Concept
People have a desire to take a look at other people's lives secretly. Alice in wonderland tickles that desire. By attracting the audience with sounds and lights coming out of a peep hole of a small box, it drives people to see through the hole. However, people are being watched too, which they don’t recognize or try to ignore.
I want to address that fact by showing the back of themselves when they open the door of the small box.
2. Personal Statement
Alice in Wonderland is a therapy to heal myself. My different personas has been hidden in me waiting for a chance to be exposed. Alice- played by me- is living inside of the small box acts as a pilot, a baby, does yoga, reads a book, looks at the audience and teases them. By the proccess of interacting with people in the box, I believe I can be healed, be more comfortable being myself and be free.
3. Background
1) The documentary in MOMA by Nikki, S. Lee (Nikki S. Lee's a.k.a. Nikki S. Lee) in early October inspired me. I felt empathy as a Korean female living in New York City. We both are brought up in rigid culture where certain rules for women is strong but came to the city of "who cares?" spirit is overflowing. so I have been thinking of the way to heal myself as she does in her work and came up with an idea of interacting with audience through various personas.
2) The idea of peeping came from my crush on Kaleidoscope. I was looking through my kaleidoscope one day and came up with the idea of making audience peep me through the hole and revealing that they are watched too when they open the door.
5. User Scenario
1) The audience passes by a small box and hears the sound such as humming, laughing coming out from the box
2) They look through the peep hole at the door and watch me on the screen in that box
3) They ring a bell and hear the sound "come in"
4) They see their back on the screen in the box when they open the door and hear the laugh coming out from the box.
6. Implementation
1) Sensing: distance sensor, doorbell
2) Decision: microcontroller
3) Behavior: sound, video through processing
Winter, 2006 (exhibited @ ITP Winter show '06)
People have a desire to take a look at other people's lives secretly. Alice in wonderland tickles that desire. By attracting the audience with sounds and lights coming out of a peep hole of a small box, it drives people to see through the hole. However, people are being watched too, which they don’t recognize or try to ignore.
I want to address that fact by showing the back of themselves when they open the door of the small box.
2. Personal Statement
Alice in Wonderland is a therapy to heal myself. My different personas has been hidden in me waiting for a chance to be exposed. Alice- played by me- is living inside of the small box acts as a pilot, a baby, does yoga, reads a book, looks at the audience and teases them. By the proccess of interacting with people in the box, I believe I can be healed, be more comfortable being myself and be free.
3. Background
1) The documentary in MOMA by Nikki, S. Lee (Nikki S. Lee's a.k.a. Nikki S. Lee) in early October inspired me. I felt empathy as a Korean female living in New York City. We both are brought up in rigid culture where certain rules for women is strong but came to the city of "who cares?" spirit is overflowing. so I have been thinking of the way to heal myself as she does in her work and came up with an idea of interacting with audience through various personas.
2) The idea of peeping came from my crush on Kaleidoscope. I was looking through my kaleidoscope one day and came up with the idea of making audience peep me through the hole and revealing that they are watched too when they open the door.
5. User Scenario
1) The audience passes by a small box and hears the sound such as humming, laughing coming out from the box
2) They look through the peep hole at the door and watch me on the screen in that box
3) They ring a bell and hear the sound "come in"
4) They see their back on the screen in the box when they open the door and hear the laugh coming out from the box.
6. Implementation
1) Sensing: distance sensor, doorbell
2) Decision: microcontroller
3) Behavior: sound, video through processing
Winter, 2006 (exhibited @ ITP Winter show '06)