Information
Noriyuki Fujimura >
»Remote Furniture«, 2000
Co-Workers & Funding:
channel/artec/arts council/BN1/lighthouse media centre and later on tour British Council (Berlin)
Technology
Installation Requirements / Space
The two chairs have a tilt sensor and a linear motor, and are both connected to a PC running control software. When someone rocks one of the chairs, the tilt sensor detects the inclination and transmits the data to the other chair through the PC. The motor in the other chair then causes it to rock. Usually this kind of remote object is designed with a Master-Slave (one-way) method. But in "Remote Furniture," full duplex (two-way) interaction is realized because it feels more natural. It's more like what we would imagine a telephone-like system to be like, which televises and exchanges tactile touch or motion of the body.
(source: www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/noriyuki)
Descriptions & Essays
Two rocking chairs are installed on the floor facing each other.The audience sees no interactions between chairs. The interaction is triggered when two people from the audience sit in the chairs and rock.
Each chair has a sensor and motor.These devices enable mutual interaction between the chairs. They allow one to feel the other's rocking action. The aim of "Remote Furniture," then, is to create direct and tactile touch.
I arrived at the idea by first considering the meaning of talking. Secondly, I wondered what kind of environment supports it and what kind of rules are behind it. In "Remote Furniture," two chairs facing each other represent the environment, and the type of interaction represents the rules of talking.
(source: www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/noriyuki)
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