Dominique
Dufey
Heimpell

Digital
Media



2.1. So You Are Human... Noted
In a context were we get absorbed by a vast amount of media, how do we place our emotions within the digital realm? How does social media makes us feel?

So You Are Human… Noted, is an interactive audiovisual space that explores the emotional self.
An installation that aims to bring attention to how we feel beyond consuming, allowing the viewer to question their emotions when confronting digital content.
 During the process of the work, research within social media platforms was crutial, collecting different content that will serve as data for the installation. These videos were collected from TikTok and chosen based on the criteria of how they could make the viewer feel, bringing a larger spectrum of emotions that can be triggered when experiencing the work.

By the use of an interactive control panel, the espectators get to map how they are feeling, whether is influenced by the videos displayed on the main screen, or an outside factor. However, once the mapping starts, the choices of the viewer will feed the screen with new content, that is linked -somehow- to the selected emotion.
When confronting the different amounts of videos, the viewer gets in isolation with the content. By the use of a curved screen that surrounds the espectator, the relation that we create with our phones is being brought into the moment.

‘So You Are Human... Noted’ is a space where both digital and physical come together for the viewer to bring their attention to the moment, to the content, but also to themselves. An installation that allows to get in touch and visualize how we could be feeling. To bring attention to their emotional self in the digital space. A work that feeds itself through the emotions of the viewer.