Art Science Museum Visit

  1. Lorenz Potthast – Decelerator Helmet
Area V5
Lorenz Potthast – Decelerator Helmet

The deceleration helmet will provide wearer a view of the world in slow motion. An external camera will capture the video and  images of the environment will be slow down to on the screen inside the camera. The wearer can set the lapse of time to three mode by a remote control. The helmet looks like a metal bubble with a reflective surface.

After watching the demo video, actually I think it is a performance art that appeal the public to take care of the disabilities who can  not move fast or has vision problem.

After I read the description on the label, I found this helmet  can let the wearer to perceive a slow motion world and feel the flow of time. The artist aim to probe whether we can be detached from the universal perception of time . The artist may not be the person solves a problem but the person who raise a question. Time is the  thing can that  human can not control. This artwork provide us a way  to “live” in the past and experience how time flies away.

 

 

 

2.  Addie Wagenknecht – Optimization of Parenting. Part 2

Addie Wagenknecht – Optimization of Parenting. Part 2

This artwork is comprised by a mechanical arm and a bassinet. The robot arm will rock the bassinet automatically when the baby cries or wakes up.

When I first looked at the project I think it is designed for the family who has new born baby. And it aim to reduce the pressure of looking after the little baby for the parents especially the mother.From the artwork description ,I have a further understanding. And it is related to my initial impression. After the artist becoming a mother she start to think whether the advanced robot can take over some parenting work for the mother since a lot of technologies have been used in the domestic tasks.