I have two concepts in mind that I’m still developing. The first is about a tree hollow where audiences can whisper secrets. These whispers would be quiet so a special microphone designed to capture the sound waves is needed. These captured waves would then be visualized as ring like patterns, similar to tree rings and projected inside the tree hollow. The final deliverable would include individual visualized sound waves, as well as a combined projection of all the whispers inside the tree hollow, which is an overall display of sound collected.
The second idea explores eye contact. Inspired by the apple vision pro’s features, which aim to project a video of your eyes and your face to make communication more natural while wearing the headset, I want to look into the sensation of communicating with someone who’s there but not fully present, which can create an uncanny effect. In this piece, I envision an audience peering through a peephole into a space. As they look through, their eyes are captured by a hidden camera and projected onto an average looking face? (haven’t really fleshed out this part) The projection would create an experience where they appear to make eye contact with themselves, but something feels slightly off. I’d like to capture and analyze the subtle movements of their eyes as part of this experience.