A connection between human and nature from the perspective of time and attention.
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Abstract
From Me Drips What You Call Time is a project that investigates the concept of time perception and attention, displayed in the form of an interactive kinetic installation. How humans feel the flow of time during their interaction with their peripheral matters and objects has a direct relation to immersion, in which procedure is their attention manipulated and the flow theory employed. Underestimating the time interval of an experience usually shows a high level of immersion and that certain experience is enjoyable. Such involvements and feelings of “time loss” allow people to take account of their overall experience and their enjoyment of the content they are interacting with, and ultimately as a result becomes a conscience and reflection of the human into their deeper selves. This project, hence, constitutes a thought-provoking interactive environment that interprets different illustrations of time, as an outcome of the manipulation of attention it materialises the understanding of mutual relationships between the human being and the broader environment based on abstract conceptions. This project is designed with the aim of magnifying an instantaneous occurrence based on real-life slow motion recordings of dripping water, and manipulating its behaviour as a result of audience involvement. It translates the behaviour of water droplets into the movement of 4 rows of linear actuators. The rippling movement is displayed only partly to encourage the audience to see through such events and uncover the richness of the message hidden under the rapidness of its corresponding regular movement. Audience attention is captured through a camera behind the installation, which determines whether the audience is facing at it and manipulates the speed of the movement and the trigger of an artificial lighting effect under the visible elements. The installation being physical and touchable presents the idea of accessibility beyond any virtual media, recorded or animated, and promotes further reflection on the observation of minor events in daily activities. As a reinterpretation of existing phenomenon, the conceptual content of the installation extends beyond realist artistic ideologies and provides a new perspective to view real-life incidents.
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