For my Interactive Qualifying Project in Venice Italy, my team and I went to this grand art exhibition known as the Venice Biennale. Inside the exhibition were countries from all around the world who brought really talented artists to construct both electronic and interactive artwork. I remember almost a year ago visiting the French Pavilion and seeing one of the most incredible works of interactive art that really captured the attention of everyone in the room. The installation was titled “chance” and had pictures of newborn faces on old style film that was sent all throughout a main room through tracks of scaffolding. In the adjacent room were two counters, the current birth rate and the current death rate in the entire world. Here is a link to a video that our team actually took while we were there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LHkjUUgfqsw

By far the most successful part of the exhibit was the shear size of the installation. The track which ran all of the film filled the entire room and really gave the exhibit a “worldly” scale which really went in line of the overall message of the piece, which was that the whole world is really interconnected from birth. From the get go, the installation held your attention due to the fast moving parts, loud volume, and maze like structure that the exhibition goers had to navigate to reach the next room. The reason why the artwork was so compelling stemmed from the fact that birth, and the chance that you could be born in any part of the world is completely relate-able. Most people at one point or another in their lives have thought what it would have been like to be born in another part of the world, with a new appearance, and new style of living. A great aspect of this work is that it’s completely extensible. This same structure could be applied to many other social issues such as world hunger rates, or awareness of diseases. To see more about this exhibit you can check out this full length video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47o10W_ltVc