Final Year Studio - Research - SPOTS - Decision Making

Image courtesy of www.spots-berlin.de, originally uploaded by Jimbo (Alan James Wellock).

'Decision Making' by Ruth Schnell transformed the media facade into a huge PC screen complete with animated mouse cursor. Imitating how a user moves the cursor around when looking for buttons on a normal screen, the giant cursor explores the facade, gets lost and starts again. The cursor then decides to click and this is shown by a bright flash of all of the lamps.

This artwork is very simple but challanges our complex interaction with computers and when we kinaesthetically albeit digitally look for information. Just like computer operating systems mimic real desktops, this mimics an operating system. This creates a sense of realness and usualness with the audience, making them understand and accept the cursors actions.

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