Open the Blind questions our voyeurism and desires related to peeping. It also explores new kinds of interfaces by re-functionalizing everyday things which often go unnoticed.
Open the Blind redefines the window blind as a computer interface through a trick that while seemingly simple “opens up” undiscloses possibilities of perception, deception and revelation.
The image of a woman changing clothes is projected on the blind. The silhouette entices visitors to see more. When one turns the wand to open the blind, the action is detected by a sensor and instead of the image of a naked lady, the image of the visitor him/herself in the act of trying to peep is projected as a frozen image. With this installation the visitor is unexpectedly forced to experience his/her own reflection. The voyeuristic experience is reversed, and momentarily frozen, the visitor “caught in the act�.
Author: Takashi Kawashima, graduate student at UCLA media arts department.