<Technoself> is a Museum Hack project, aims to question how social media impacts the way we think, then changes who we are in modern society. I created repeating animations combining famous historical painting with behaviours of 21st century social networking addiction, use Augmented Reality Technology to hack Musee d’orsay. When people use their phones to look at masterpieces, the characters in the classical paintings start to move and act like social network addicts, such like constantly checking their smartphone for updates or likes.
I intend to force viewers to re-experience those pathological behaviours modern technology brings to us. By comparing the original paintings and the remakes, I expect my audiences can experience the feeling of loneliness and ridiculousness.
