A deep dive into the information “swamp” is a kind of out-of-body experience. Smartphones, tablets, computer screens, and televisions become gateways for our spirits to embark on a journey. These spirits of our consciousness gather in the installation Ghosthouse. After an app called GhostApp is installed on a smartphone, the phone’s use will be reflected in the art installation. The installation is made up of robots with eyes. When a user begins to interact with their smartphone, one of the robot eyes opens and begins looking around the room. When the interaction is over, the eye closes again. Our bodies are observed from far away, while our spirit, which is immersed in the smartphone, controls the process. How do we accept this gap between body and spirit?
Project Credits:
- GhostApp: Hiroshi Chigira, Taizo Zushi, Emiko Ogawa, Hideaki Ogawa
- Ghosthouse System: Taizo Zushi, Hiroshi Chigira
- Video and Visual Direction: Hideaki Ogawa, Emiko Ogawa
- Device: John Brumley, Naohiro Hayaishi, Takeshi Kannno
- Sound: John Brumley
- Technical Direction, Concept: Taizo Zushi, Naohiro Hayashi
- Video: Kazui Yamamoto
- Art Direction, Concept: Taizo Zushi, Hiroshi Chigira,
- Emiko Ogawa, Hideaki Ogawa
- This project is presented in the framework of the European ARTificial Intelligence Lab and co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
