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by Marie Sester |
Threatbox.us is an art installation with web surveillance interface in which a movie frame "attacks" visitors via a robotic video projector and computer vision tracking system.
A public-scale projection moves in fluid patterns along a wall, sometimes meeting the ceiling, sometimes the floor, presenting a montage of violent excerpts from films, news media, and computer games. These scenes are intercut with domestic scenes of people passively engaged in mass media entertainment. The audio is immersive and violent.
Once a person approaches the projection wall, the projector swiftly transforms into a spotlight which centers onto her body, emitting a very loud, frightening noise. For a moment, the person is under attack and the spotlight pursues her if she tries to escape. After several seconds, the projector moves back to the wall, continuing to play the movie, and is ready for the next person to be detected.
Surveillance cameras stream video to the web in real time, showing the space, its public, and the attacks. Web users are voyeurs, and no action on their part is intended or permitted.
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