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The visitor needs to take a certain position to take a look into the box. | The visitor needs to take a certain position to take a look into the box. | ||
By that certain viewpoint the visitor is urged to feel the perspective of a bug – at least to such extend as we, human beeing, can do. | By that certain viewpoint the visitor is urged to feel the perspective of a bug – at least to such extend as we, human beeing, can do. | ||
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'''3) THE INSTALLATION ''' | '''3) THE INSTALLATION ''' | ||
AESTHETICS : | [[AESTHETICS :]] | ||
The box consists of | The box consists of | ||
– an empty room inside, filled with | – an empty room inside, filled with dry leaves, mud, wood etc. (imitation of a forest ground) | ||
– a window [frontside] | – a window [frontside] | ||
– a | – a small camera (installed inside the box, at the very bottom of the backside, directing towards the window at the other side) | ||
– a | – a screen [attached to the backside from outside, showing the live recording of the camera] | ||
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COURSE OF ACTION / INTERACTION : | [[COURSE OF ACTION / INTERACTION :]] | ||
The box can be approached from two sides: | The box can be approached from two sides: | ||
--> When you cross the box from the frontside there is a window which might be tempting you to have a look inside. | --> 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 you there is a screen which might be temping | --> 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. | 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]] | [[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]] | [[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]] | |||