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Dreaming a Fingertip Conversation with You _ tactuaL [si : gak] series #1

since
_ January, 2007
concept work by   Haemin Kim  +  Junghyun Ahn

ttechnician _  Changkyung Kim | studioX
sound interaction design _  Hyunsuk Jun | Graduate School of Korea National University of Arts



special thanks to_  media artist   e.j.gone  &  jinyo mok

 

concept AHNjunghyun _ Ceramic Artist  
Dreaming a Fingertip Conversation with
You _ TactuaL [si:gak] series is a project
presenting a communicational method for the visually handicapped to the non-handicapped using physical computing.
2006 - present   Graduate school of Seoul National University   (Ceramic Art)
2000 - 2005          BFA in the Dept. of Arts & Crafts, The Seoul Women’s University  (Ceramic Craft)


Dialogue on the Tip of the Finger


‘Dialogue on the Tip of the Finger’ is the work that has existed only in my mind for a long time.
As Braille is a critical method of communication for the blind, the work also endeavours to be a methods of communication.

I am sure that it wouldn’t have been possible for me to create and present the work without the help of those who understand the true meaning of this work.

Knowing that the life of a modern man is filled with competitions like the racehorse which is only allowed to run forward with his eyes half-covered with blinkers,
it never is easy to understand others and to live a humble life.

Nevertheless, I can only hope that the little dots in this work can relay the warmth of the lives of others at least when we put our fingers on them.

 

 

This study focuses on how to read textual expressions by using tactual & visual senses. Each installation works by an input signal from a touch sensor. Spectators can see texts and pictures, and hear the sounds by tactual input behavior.
Through this interactive process,
we can understand how the blind may feel.

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