'12' me

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'12' ME

An interactive art installation based on sound.

Project explores the way we see and perceive the world.

We perceive the surrounding differently depending on our mood. so mood changes our perception, changes the way we see the world.

It started with a question, How sound (music) affects mood and how mood affects the choice we make while listening to a particular music. Research has shown music can induce mood. If we listen to a happy, energetic music, we will feel happy and energetic. Thus our mood will change according to the music. As one's feeling and thoughts are affected by mood.

Mood affects our judgment. When mood is pleasant, pleasant things are anticipated. If there is a certain mood preset then the person is going to feel certain things and will reflect in a way that correspond to that Mood.

Project lead to the realisation and make us conscious about the influence of mood in our daily life. Based on the "Circumflex model of affect" with arousal and valence dimension adapted from James Russell, I have choose 12 different mood. A playback of my voice is played depicting the 12 different moods chosen. Moods are mapped to lenses having different optics. As we pick up the lens to see through it, audio is played in the headphones.

One can experience the mood by picking up different lens. One look at the same surrounding through different optics. This is done to show, how the world is perceive differently in different moods. Since perceptions is highly subjective, I didn't restrict to any visual element. Lenses show the different perception with different distortion of vision. Grid pattern on the lens made by bare wire add to the aesthetic and also acted as the triggering switch.