Something About Intimacy

Interactive Design, Sound Design

Inspired by my interactions as a dog owner with other dog owners at the dog park, I created an interactive space that activated users of the Pratt Institute Library. With a projection and voice over of questions that gradually become more intimate in time, guests were asked to move from partner to partner between questions, and to stay within various rectangles. Less intimate questions take place in the largest rectangle with a short amount of time to answer, while the most intimate questions take place in the smallest rectangle with the longest time to respond. During the most intimate of conversations, participants are clustered closely together. During this phase of the interaction, participants become very aware of their personal space physically, as they are surrounded by intimate conversations they are both engaged and not engaged in.

The music was also created with this intent in mind. Each track corresponds to a question and was written to invoke a sense of curiosity and intent.

Simulating the different levels of interaction and intimacy we initiate the people in our lives, I asked participants to challenge themselves in allowing themselves to be vulnerable with complete strangers.