Wires emanate from acupuncture needles embedded in a woman's digital face which is projected onto a latex cushion hanging on a wall. By stroking and pulling the wires, visitors/participants manipulate the face which evolves to their cumulative interactions.
The facial morphogenesis depends on the physiological properties of the visitor: surface electrical conductivity, resistance to electrical currents, and the latent charge of the visitor's own body.
The character's life-span and well-being are dictated by how an audience's collective desires, intimately entwined with artwork and technology, transfuse through wire to needle to face over the exhibition period.
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Concept/Interface/Installation: Mari Velonaki
Graphics/Software: Gary Zebington
Sound: Shannon O'Neill
Exhibited at
2000 Artspace, Sydney
2000 The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
2001 European Media Arts Festival, Osnabruck, Germany
2002 Adelaide Biennal of Australian Art
2005 International Digital Art Award New Media Exhibition @ QUT
2005 VCA Gallery University of Melbourne Australia
2006 Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, China
Science Partners
Newton Research Laboratories, USA
Integrated Circuit Department of Cochlear Ltd
