Japanese 26/Feb/2004 - 29/Feb/2004
	■Concept Human spoken words are not visible in themselves, yet I often have the subjective feeling that they are somewhat tactile and occupy a certain space that one could artistically represent as various volumes or solid shapes. To show my sensation of solidified human voices in conversations, I created the interactive system "Kododama." Several solid objects made of polyester and rubber float in the exhibition space, their shape is inspired by the shape of voice bubbles as depicted in comics. When a visitors picks up a stethoscope and touches the voice bubble object, she can listen to messages which have previously been stored inside the bubble by prior users. To record a message into the bubble the user touches the nozzle of the voice bubble and speaks into the microphone integrated into the nozzle. Message up to 10 seconds of length can be recorded. During recording, a small lamp is lit to indicate the recording processes. The voice recording also triggers the voice bubble to slightly inflate through integrated compressors and pump. On the other hand the bubble gradually deflates when the users listen to the messages through the stetoscope.

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    ■User Interaction

	Several solid objects made of polyester and rubber float in the exhibition space, their shape is inspired by the shape of "voice bubbles" from comics.
	When a visitors picks up a stethoscope and touches this "voice bubble", he can listen to messages that have been stored inside the bubble by previous users.
	To record a message into the bubble the user touches the nozzle of the voice bubble and speaks into the microphone integrated into the nozzle. (When messages are recorded, a small lamp lights up to indicate the recording processes.)
	The recording also triggers the "voice bubble" to slightly inflate, and when messages are being heard through the stethoscope the bubble gradually deflates again. Users can thus hear messages stored by previous users and record their own messages to be heard by others later.
deflated "voice bubble"
	"Interactive Playground: Sight Unseen" (Chicago, USA) March - May 　(bear a part in Chicago Festival of Disability Arts and Culture 2006)
	"digital playground" 　Uigieongbu International Digitalart Festival 2005 (Korea)
	IAMAS 2004 Graduate Exhibition         26/Feb/2004 - 29/Feb/2004 (Japan)
	nomination of ＼＼international＼media＼art＼award 2004 top 50 (Germary)                                                               index