Visible Voice
With “Visible Voice” Monobanda wants to offer a safe and inviting environment for children and youth dealing with intelligible behaviour, to better cope with feelings of aggression and anxiety.
This is achieved by translating emotions, expressed vocally and physically, to visual images, using a multi-medial installation. We work in co-creation with these youths, teachers and group supervisors and several designers and programmers.
The final goal of this project is to offer users a tool by which they reflect on and manage their emotions in a playful way.
The current prototype exists of various ‘acts’ which all address a unique facet of emotion management.
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Monobanda created an interactive attraction for the indoor playground Kids Wonderland. The challenge was to create a pleasant experience and at the same time take into account the requirements. Important points of attention: - Efficient flow of visiting children so they each get a turn. - An installation that is self explanatory and doesn’t require any explanation or instructions. - Durable and hard wearing. - Connected to the theme of an indoor playground. - Sparking creativity and challenging children to experience something new. In the Teleporter you will see a hologram of yourself. You will be scanned and subsequently a countdown starts. At zero you need to jump as high as you possibly can. Your hologram will immediately be launched into space, in which you float between flying saucers and aliens. You can view yourself on the space-screen in the pose you took when you jumped. Experiment with strange and crazy positions and imagine yourself in space in many funny ways.
Act 1: Expression
The first act invites youth to express themselves and release their built up tension and unrest by moving and making sounds in whatever way they want. Everywhere they move, a line follows them that changes colours based on the sounds the youth makes.
Act 2: Insight
A spirograph appears which can be used by the youth to paint by moving in various ways and creating sounds. The colour and thickness of the paintbrush changes depending on how the youth expresses themselves; different movements and sounds create different paintings.
Act 3: Regulation
The youth is invited to lie down. Via a mirror on the ceiling they can see themselves becoming a part of their painting. Soothing music plays and the calmer and stiller the youth is, the clearer the imprint is of their body which appears in the painting.
Act 4: Conversation
The painting is printed out. Together with their caretaker, youths can use this painting to discuss what they see and how this reflects how they felt and behaved while interacting with Visible Voice. They can also reflect on how painting of various sessions differ.
Partners:
Simon van der Linden (concept)
Rian Evers (project management)
Dr. Joanneke Weerdmeester (research)
Faye Holdert (Projectassistent)
Niki Smith (Executive producer)
Beer van Geer (programmeur)
Jesse van Leeuwen (programmeur)
Neander Giljam (programmeur)
Titouan Millet (Visual programmeur)
Fedde ten Berge (stem programmeur)
In collaboration with:
Healthcare organisation
“Pluryn” (Maarsbergen)Healthcare organisation
“Philadelphia - Trampoline” (Amsterdam)
Supported By:
AGIS Innovatiefonds.
Stimuleringsfonds
K.F. Hein Fonds
Stichting Voorzorg Utrecht
Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie
Fundatie Van den Santheuvel, Sobbe
Ds. Visscherfonds
Iona Stichting
StITPro
More information:
Rider + press
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