An interactive installation built around one question. This was my thesis but it was really a personal question, sitting with the idea that most of us move through life without ever stopping to ask who we actually are. Generative mandalas, layered audio, and a darkened space designed to make room for reflection.
Spiral concept of evolution interested me.
I wanted to combine the spiral shape with the stories of shared human experience.
The lit room. Brighter, more reflective. People found it harder to settle.
An earlier experiment. A 2D pixel art game asking if play could make you more still.
Taking the mandala into augmented reality.
Experimenting with translucent acrylic shades and reflections.
Experimenting with the Brain Bit Band to capture live EEG data.
Planning to take that live EEG data and let it shape the mandalas in real time.
Mandalas made on festival floors, then walked over and dissolved. This started from that memory.
Sid's record. A brain scan, a name in binary, a voice. Inspired by the Voyager golden record.
Most people needed a prompt to begin. Without direction, reflection stayed on the surface.
The goal was for people to not use the cursor. The coin is a distraction.
When you shake your hand, the mandala ripples.
Going beyond mandalas and playing with different eye tracking forms.
A report of what you stayed with, and what that might say about you.
Some people closed their eyes and let go of the visuals entirely. That told me more about immersion than anything I had designed for.
The installation worked best in darker, quieter rooms where conditions invited stillness. I realized that design is not always about what you show, but what you make room for.