Media Mirror (2005) Jefferson Y. Han, Perceptive Pixel, Inc.
Media Mirror is an interactive video installation, in which over
200 channels of live cable television are continuously arranged in
real-time to form a mosaic representation of anyone that stands
in front of it.
The piece is intended to explore the bidirectional relationship each
of us has with mass media. It attempts to illustrate how we are
inexorably shaped by the media, while at the same time, how the
media itself reflects the demands of our society. The piece is also
simply meant to evoke an overwhelming sense of the sheer scale
of the medium.
When no user is present, the Media Mirror places itself into an
autonomous mode, in which the piece forms mosaics of one of the
live channels themselves. In effect, the mirror gets turned onto the
media itself.
Permanent installations are scheduled for 2007.
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