Personal Work

My panel is listed here:

1. A reflection of a heart is presented at the opposite side of the stainless bowl from the real one. The imagery heart is still red but blurred. The dynamic effect of two chasing hearts is produced by the rotation of a motor. Speed could be tuned between 0 to 2 Hz. The image is clear at low speed but fuzzy at high.
2. There is a dark box with a flash light (Strobe light) under the bowl making the rotating pictures visible at certain time point. The moving pictures are perceived as moving continuously even though they are actually separate and discrete. This illusion is often applied in TV and film shooting and editing.
3. The sound of heartbeat changes in frequency and loudness (based on Two-Track Mixer Technology: Pan) to create a percept of changing velocity and distance. This sound (cues from the Ears) could be integrated with visual percept (cues from the Eyes) of motion. This is often called sensory fusion. An observer may have a confused motion percept if the visual and sound cues mismatch.

However, it was broken by a curious but stupid reporter. It could drive me crazy but it did not. After several days, I modify my work into only one effect and it could be easily demonstrated by the bowl and transparent ball bought in IKEA. Real and imaginary hearts chase each other. This theme is about LOVE (loving heart as metaphor here), symbolized the connection between people. Two hearts often chase or hug each other in real or imaginary appearance. Sounds of heartbeat: Tense, Affect, Removed, Hugging make this work vivid.

Last but not the least, without many masters helping me for building motor, box, and others, my work could not be possible. Special thanks to them behind scene.