2025
Media Art
Interactive Installation
This work is an interactive installation that combines a distance sensor, an LED candle, a DFPlayer Mini audio module, and a 3D-printed sculpture of a human face. An electronic candle is inserted into the mouth of the face; when a viewer approaches, the flame is “blown out,” and when they move away, it quietly lights up again.
At the moment the light goes out, a crying, screaming-like sound is heard. It resonates like a scream that embodies the tension, discomfort, and wordless refusal of being approached. This sound does not seek empathy; instead, it sharply confronts the viewer with the fact that their act of “coming closer” is an intervention into the space.
The faintly flickering flame lends a sense of emotion to this electronic presence, expressing both softness and anxiety. The gentle back-and-forth between light and darkness, sound and silence, traces the psychological waves of approaching and distancing.
Technic: Blender/3D Printer/Ardunio/Distance Sensor/DFPlayer/LED
Exhibited at: Musashino Art University