interactive installation

SENTIENT CORRIDOR

The Sentient Corridor is an interactive installation that involves tensile fabric, linear actuators, pressure sensors and proximity sensors.

We designed the installation to imitate a living organism that breathes and senses presence.

The fabric is controlled by linear actuators to give gradual breathing motions.

When people walk through it, proximity sensors detect them and will adjust the movement of the fabric accordingly.

When people touch on the fabric, the background music changes, conveying the ‘emotions’ being heightened.

When people touch the fabric on different sides, various melodies can be ‘created’, promoting a sociopetal collaboration even though the fabric creates sociofugal pockets where visitors can interact with it in their own spaces.