Joaquin Fargas is interested on the
new ways in which people connect to
each others involving new
technologies.
To aim this goal Internet will me
used as a medium for people to
communicate and interact.The basic structure is formed by two
circules tangencially connected
which represent the infinite simbol
or Moebius Belt.
Each circle has a different function;
one is to step on and works as a big
button which triggers a remote
action. The second one is a
telescopic tower that will rise to
its maximum size when somebody
stands on the correspondent remote
button.
Each basic
unit has a web cam that sends the
image to Connection PLAZA Conexión site.
The two basic
units combined form a pair which
connects two close or far away
spot on the planet in a
bidirectional way. The images
obtained with the web cam will
show the two involved persons
together.
The circles
on the floor are connected to
other places through internet.
When somebody stands on the
button, a short telescope
cylinder rises in that other
place, establishing a connection.
If the
tower in front of the button
where a person is standing rises,
it means that somebody else is
standing in the correspondent
connected place, making this
connection a bidirectional one.
This means
that two persons have
established a non conventional
communication because video and
audio are not involved.
Each time the
basic structures establish a
bidirectional contact, a photo
of each one of the participants
is saved and filed in internet
for the people to see afterwards.
One of the
interactive sculptures could be
placed, for example, in Buenos
Aires, while another could be in
Paris, connecting both spots in
the world.
Every 5
seconds the live images where a
Connecting PLAZA Conexión is
placed will be refresh.
Each
connection would be accessible in
more detail. Including the day and
time in which they where taken.
Participants will have an access
code that will let them send a mail
to their foreign pair, widening the
connection.
The web site
will have a first page where all the
cities involved in Connecting PLAZA
Conexión will be visualized. In this
case: Buenos Aires and Black Rock.
A button will
link to a new page where all the
pictures taken during a certain time
when a bidireccional connection had
been established would be access.
