lifeSigns: eco-system of signs and symbols

An interactive digital networked work where participants play selected emotions as game identities in any manner they choose, the results seen in a fluid projection onto a mounted floor screen between the game terminals in the form of a dynamic and fluctuating virtual realm. Through playing the game, then, the participant contributes to building an ecosystem of sentiments at play and in conflict with one another. The ‘life signs’ chosen by participants are generated as three dimensional icons that construct an evolving virtual language of symbols, sounds and behaviours in interaction with the audiences’ collective participation. The floor projection represents the fluctuating results of the networked game, while an immersive soundscape simultaneously responds to the ever-changing game narrative.The more participants, the greater the intensity of image and sound. The process of the audiences use of and play with sentiments and emotions thus becomes the foundation in constant flux for the visual and aural world that the audience engages with in the installation.