http://www.notabenevisual.com/works/in-order-to-control/
The first interactive artwork I’ve chosen to discuss about is called “In order to control” by NOTA BENE and it consists of lines discussing the grey areas and ironies of/debates on morality being screened and projected on the floor. Viewers who step onto the projected area has their silhouettes projected onto the wall before them and their silhouettes are filled with the same lines on the floor.
I think this is a very interesting artwork as it gets one to consider the slippery slopes of morality and the hypocrisy of the righteous. In projecting the words onto the viewer’s silhouettes, it catches their attention and also implies that they are guilty of these slippery slopes. I think that projecting the lines onto the silhouettes makes it feel sort of like a personal attack/accusation and gets one to really ponder and think about these grey areas.
The second art piece is ACCESS by Marie Sester:
IN this work, web users track strangers with a light beam that follows them around and the ones being tracked are in the dark and hears a sound that only they can hear.
This artwork touches on surveillance and I think that is a very important topic as the value of privacy becomes more debatable with the emergence of social media (also, safety vs. privacy, how much should the government know about you?) The light beam that follows you around (like a spotlight, a mark) makes one feels anxious as spotlight typically means all attention is on you. I think that anxiety that one feels can open up deeper discussions on vigilance and surveillance in today’s society.