Andrea Geyer

This semester I am aiming to investigate how much we can get into the sensual word of an animal as tiny as a gravel stone.

1) INTRODUCTION (TOPIC + CONCERNS)

We often wonder how it would be like to be very small (-like a mouse-) or very huge (-like a whale-). How would it feel like? What other ways of perception would reveal then?

At least when it comes to mammals our urge to understand the perception of these common fellows is present. It’s there, because we are also mammals, and we can somehow connect.Instead, when it comes to insects, or e.g. bugs we sometimes may forget to think of them as living beeings having senses and some kind of perception. But how might a bug perceive? How might a bug even feel? Do bugs know fear? Are they scared when a cyclist crosses their trail of path?

2) IDEA (PROPOSITION + INTENTION)

My project aims to convey a bugs viewpoint perception and therefore a box, a window from one side, and a screen from the other side (linked to a video camera (webcam)) will be used.

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.

3) THE INSTALLATION

AESTHETICS :

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 [attached to the backside from outside]

– a camera installed inside the box (inside at the very bottom of the backside, directing towards the window at the other side)

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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

FUNCTIONALITY / TECHNICAL COMPONENTS :