- changing room - kinetic / sound / interactive installation |
'changing
room' puts the participent into a familiar environment; a room with a chair,
tv and headphones.On seeing the chair, the viewer instinctively sits,
puts on the headphones and procedes to stare at the monitor and read
the text on screen .The monitor shows a still image of the room with
text overlay. Text refers to our tools for perception i.e.eyes, ears
and how much of the information,unconsciously gathered, is catalogued
as 'irrelevant' in our conscious mind. Through the headphones one
hears live sounds picked up by microphones in the building, sounds
which are usually so quite as to be inaudible. Distractions are in
place , focus is elsewhere and during this period the ceiling of the
room comes down slowly and stops a few inches above users head, and
stays down until user stands up. Totally unaware that their environment
has drastically changed the user after 5 min's or so decides to leave,
stands up and immediately is confronted with their perceptive catalogue
of events,
"when" "how" -- shock and surprise greet the brain. |