Behind the Box

Interactive Mixed-Media Installation · 2020

Cubic object with translucent lcd panel and multi channel mapped audio transmitting led arrays as backlight. Observers can also interact with the installation "Behind the Box" by moving the apparatus from the project "5.5". In this way, they listen to different sounds which come from the box — audio recordings from a war zone, a suicide youtuber, a makeup video, and many others. Without any interaction the installation stays silent.

Visuals and movements on screen run on the Unity Engine. The translucent lcd creates an augmented reality feeling depending on the angle the observer looks into the box from. The apparatus functions just as a receiver and amplifier — it does not alter anything. What observers hear is the audio-mapped led arrays, and when they move around with the apparatus, they hear mixtures of mapped sounds.