| contact name | Orit Zuckerman |
| artists' names | Orit Zuckerman, Sajid Sadi |
| artists' locations | Cambridge, MA USA |
| art name | Influence |
| art media | Digital portraits, projection, glass |
| art dimensions | 50x50" |
| art date | 2005 |
| art description | We are all individuals that are unique and different from each other. There are no two people alike. Nevertheless, other people around us affect our behavior, thoughts and emotions in the most simple and unconscious way. This work shows 16 portraits of 16 individuals. From time to time, one of the individuals is yawning, smiling or coughing. Other individuals in the portrait will be affected by that behavior in different ways according to their own personality, resulting in different social behavior patterns and different spreading rates. |
| art proposal | We propose a work that shows how individual people are affected by the random behavior of people next to them. It is known that there are some behaviors that are unconsciously contagious, such as yawn, smile, cough. This work shows 16 different portraits in black and white. Each person has a different sensitivity level to the influence of the people around them; for example, one will be influenced only if four people will do a certain behavior while another will change his behavior if one person next to him did (cellular automata system). From time to time one of the people in the piece will do a certain behavior and the rest of the people will mimic the behavior according to each person's sensitivity rule. Resulting in a random virus effect that spreads among the people in different patterns and rates.
The piece will be shown on four screens, covered with a mat and a frame to give the work the appearance of a real picture. |
| art placard | Influence
Orit Zuckerman and Sajid Sadi
How individuals are affected by the behavior of people around them. |
| date | Wednesday, January 12, 2005 |
| time | 2:15 PM EST |
| contact affiliation | MIT Media Lab |
| contact address1 | 20 Ames st. |
| contact address2 | E15-320A |
| contact city | Cambridge |
| contact state | MA |
| contact country | USA |
| contact zip | 02139 |
| contact phone1 | 617-253-0379 |
| contact email | orit@media.mit.edu |
| artist1 affiliation | MIT Media Lab |
| artist1 phone1 | 617-253-0379 |
| artist1 email | sajid@media.mit.edu |
| art by email | checkbox |
| art status | The work is not completed.
Our scedule:
Done with coding: January 31st
Done with content production: February 15th
Done with Hardware installation: February 20th |
| art maintenance | It will run as long as no one is shutting of the computer or screens. No maintenance is needed unless something is going wrong. |
| art auto | Basically it is best just to shut off the screens. But if the computer is shut down it will need to be logged on, start eclipse and run the latest java application. |
| art sound | No sound is produced and it doesn't need a quiet environment. |
| art light | Since it is on screen it is best to have a rather dark environment but not completely dark |
| art needs | We will need to discuss what is the best way to present the work in the space of the show. |
| art safety | No |