ABSTRACT

Objective

Create an interactive installation that expands the senses of touch, hearing and vision.

Invite the spectator to use the hands as the link of the psyche and soul to generate the sense of search, uncertainty, self - discovery, pleasure and recognition using natural white sand, video projections of labyrinths and sound.

Keywords

Spiritual, tangible user interface, intricate, introspection, pleasant, playful, meditation, delightful, multi-sensorial, interpretative, imaginative.  

Why do we want this?

Labrys -sanbox is based in touch, "the oldest sense, and the most urgent" said Diane Ackerman in the book: A Natural History of the Senses. I am agree with the author, about the importance and urgency of the touch; specially in this days, in wich touch is not indispensable for the interaction with people. Touch is important in times where the virtual is replacing the sense of real in terms of elemental perception. I also believe that art it's a medium that has the power to generate changes in individuals and as consequence one artistic and sensorial experience can be translated into a social change in the future. Labrys-sandbox can be touch by the users and the users can be touched by the piece. This dialogue between object and receptor expands the senses, and generate new perceptions. That's why this piece is valuable to encourage positive changes and to offer a tinny grain of sand for developing senses.