FINAL: Rest Inside Me (Shelter)
Rest Inside Me (Shelter), 2016
Arduino, breadboard, faux fur, metal chain, plastic chair, LED light, speakers
Dimensions variable
Rest Inside Me (Shelter), a hanging sculptural installation of a concave egg shaped chair designed for audience interaction to touch, sit, meditate and rest inside. The furry chair intends to awaken the audiences’ feelings of visual, haptic and tactile senses through the projection of saturated colors, RGBW moving lights are activated once the audience walk close and remixed music is played once they sit inside. Inspired by the Kitsch, popular culture, and seduction of the materialistic world in the urban life, and inspired by the idea of protection, warmth and shape of a womb, a remix of recorded voices of the artist instructing in a whispering, soft voice, a baby crying, and piano playing, followed by light, therapeutic music is played. The sculpture initiates interaction with the viewers that induces them to fuse with it. The inviting, furry material invites them to go back into the womb, a symbol of rebirth and becoming a baby again. The chair, if installed outdoors, can be served as a shelter for the homeless or anybody passing by who simply needs to take a break from what’s happening in this chaotic world.
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