What's in a Life?

​My main goal with this project is to allow users to reflect on their own positive and negative experiences and think about why we do it. I haven't come to an answer myself, so I certainly don't expect that from others! I simply want people to listen, feel, and see what resonates with them.

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This project uses an Arduino UNO, accompanied by 2 Range Finders, a standard small speaker, a DFPlayer Mini, and a continuous-rotation Servo with 2 wheels attached. This piece was initially a gallery installation that had 7 hours worth of anonymous stories on loop, and when guests stood within five feet of the piece for at least 5 seconds, the Range Finders activated the Servo, causing the wheels to roll photographs out of the main tray and onto the floor. After falling, the photographs stayed on the ground throughout the entire gallery showing, with multiple backups stored inside the tray, and were manually reset by me at the end of each day's showing. Guests were encouraged to take any photographs that connected with them.

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Below is a video that cycles through the photographs and anonymous stories:

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Below is a working video of the project in the gallery:

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Lastly, here are some more pictures of the project and me :-) 

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