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+'''3) 	THE INSTALLATION		'''
+[[AESTHETICS :]]
+The box consists of
+– an empty room inside, filled with dry leaves, mud, wood etc. (imitation of a forest ground)
+– a window [frontside]
-'''3) 	THE INSTALLATION		'''
+– a small camera (installed inside the box, at the very bottom of the backside, directing towards the window at the other side)
-AESTHETICS :
+– a screen [attached to the backside from outside, showing the live recording of the camera]
-The box consists of
-– an empty room inside, filled with rotten leaves, mud, wood etc. (imitation of a forest ground)
-– a window [frontside]
-– a screen [backside]
-– a camera installed inside the box at the very bottom of the backside, directing towards the window
 [picture]
-COURSE OF ACTION / INTERACTION :
+[[COURSE OF ACTION / INTERACTION :]]
 The box can be approached from two sides:
-When you cross the box from the front side there is a window which might be tempting for the visitor to have a look inside.
-When you come across the box from the backside you
+--> When you cross the box from the frontside (visitor_1) there is a window which might be tempting you to have a look inside.
+--> When you come across the box from the backside  (visitor_2) you there is a video screen which might be temping to see whan can be watched there.
+For both you need to crouch down on your knees for beeing able to see anything.
+[[File:Bildschirmfoto 2021-11-27 um 16.25.35.png|400px]]
+Visitor_1 sees the environment of a bug -in a miniature version- from his/her perspective of a human by looking through the window. Visitor_2 sees the environment of a bug from the perspective of a bug as the camera is placed at the very ground of the box. By that viewpoint he/she is also able to see what is happening in front of the window.
+It's getting interesting when 2 people approach the box at the same time:
 [[File:Bildschirmfoto 2021-11-27 um 16.25.50.png|400px]]
-FUNCTIONALITY /
+In that very moment, a part (a leg/ a foot/ etc.) of the person in front of the window (v_1) becomes visible in front of the camera and such on the screen. At the same moment the other person (v_2) is watching the screen and SUDDENLY:  one person becomes the watcher/ the observer, and the other one: the person being looked at!
-TECHNICAL COMPONENTS :
+this must be somewhat like an animal would feel like.
+(… Who is watching and who is beeing watched?)
+The idea of the installation is as simple as concise:
+feel the perception of another creature and with that: evoking empathy by taking it’s position.
+So, in the end, the aim is to raise awareness, or even respect for a small beeing that we often ignore or not even take for real (a ‚real‘ animal)
+Understanding, that bugs, or any insects MIGHT perceive SOMETHING … –
+[[FUNCTIONALITY /  TECHNICAL COMPONENTS :]]
 [[File:Bildschirmfoto 2021-11-27 um 16.25.26.png|400px]]
+'''3) 	REFERENCES / LITERATURE	'''
+– [EXCERPT] of an article on David Foster's Attempts to live as an animal
+[[:File:EXCERPT__Charles Foster – Leben als Tier.pdf]]