The interactive installation I'll be there reflects on a state of constant self-reflection through technology.
It consists of three monitors, arranged in a sacral, altar-like shape, reminiscent of a tripartite mirror. The observing person faces their medialized mirrored self, which is altered by a visible Face Tacking software. It symbolizes the eye of technology back onto the person looking at it.
This kind of Face Tracking is used for numerous applications such as Snapchat and Apple's Animoji to adapt graphics to facial movements or to map filters and graphics onto faces in real time via Augmented Reality. With the help of a touch pad, centrally located in front of the monitor installation, the observer triggers audio samples, which become an answering voice of the work.
The playful approach is a means to directly involve the viewer and to provoke active engagement. The aim of the work is to create an eerie mood in interplay between voluntary, innocent self contemplation through technology and targeted external surveillance for the viewer.
