An interactive installation named “Men and Three Worlds” was made for the INDIA HCI 2016 conference.
The fantastic team – Rohit, Abhijith, Rishabh, Chinmay, Salik, Silpa, Malay, and HCI volunteers.
The central concept of the installation was for the people to reflect on the complex and confusing world we live around. The idea was put forth using three abstract illustrations depicting global warming, war, and utopia as shown below, with a big eye staring back at you.
These images were cut and jumbled on a long prism-shaped structure. The interaction aimed here was for the people in the conference to form teams to solve the visual puzzle in the long prism-shaped structure by rotating them using the randomly mapped switch controllers.
This random mapping was done intentionally to make it difficult for the participants to remember the switch & prism combination to solve the puzzle. The underlying theme was for the people to first solve the confusion and reflect upon the worlds they created.
My contribution to this project was to initiate the idea and collaborate with multiple members to lead the brainstorming sessions, finalize the installation’s theme, coordinate the graphic design, assist with the electronic circuit & wooden frame building, and put them together.
The entire installation required a wooden frame to hold and rotate the prism-shaped images, 12 DC motors of 60 rpm, TIP 122 darling-ton transistors, switches, and a lot of wires. The picture below shows the making of the installation by our team.
For more details, watch this working Demo Video.