| Dreaming a Fingertip Conversation with You _ tactuaL [si : gak] series #1 |  |
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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 | Artist Statement | |
| 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. |
Dreaming a Fingertip Conversation with You _ tactuaL [si:gak] series is about presenting an approach through the view-point of this generation's visually handicapped, and their perception of the world. his project was inspired by the issue of finding the meaning of true extension of the human senses in the area of New Media Art called grafting between the digital technique and art. By utilizing the interactivity of digital media, this project aims at the experience of the visually disabled to spectators in a new type of communicational method. By touching the tactile dots of the installation through one's finger tips, spectators can read a sentence that appears on the computational handling hardware. Those who have never experienced visually handicapped conditions will communicate with this artwork in a different way. Through this interactive process, people (generally called the public) can understand the visually handicapped. Dreaming a Fingertip Conversation with You _ tactuaL [si:gak] series is an art experiment that was created at the point where the boundaries dividing art from science and design disappear due to technological development. We tried to make a new communicational method, using a technique called physical computing in the area of design. It is an attempt to get out of the traditional methods of the visual processing of information. Co-working between crafts and design, we tried to find the possibility of advancing the qualitative finish of the material surface. Also we did our best to announce a message for a united society as a pioneering field of culture. And we hope that it is not only a technical experiment, but also aesthetically engaging. |
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| 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. >>> back to top |
| built with Processing, Wiring, MAX/MSP, Jitter, Code Vision copyright 2007 (at) haemin kim + junghyun ahn |
