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This device treats the skin as a mediating interface: the boundary of the body and the entry point for information. Subtle physiological changes are transformed into visual patterns, creating a cyclical interaction between body, data, and space.

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Interactive device introduction

Interactive Skin Sensing Device

This is an interactive device that can detect the brightness, moisture content and elasticity of the skin in real time and present them through visual effects.We hope that through this translation, people can approach science by feeling it without having to understand molecular structure. It is more hoped that the audience can temporarily set aside their defenses and judgments here, and once again coexist with science. Through each breath and perception, they can discover that technology is not distant; it can also be gentle and trustworthy.

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Conceptual Statement

This installation interprets the skin as a mediating interface: it is both the boundary of the body and an entry point for information flowing into technological systems. Subtle fluctuations in brightness, moisture, and elasticity are translated into data, which then return to the space in the form of light and shadow. This cyclical process folds bodily experience and image experience into one another.Here, the image is no longer a representation of the body, but rather a generative action. The viewer's physiological state is translated into a visible form within the space, thereby transforming the skin into a "writable surface." The light and shadow touch not only the fabric but also the very boundaries of the viewer's perception.This mechanism reveals the interdependence of perception and technology: the texture of the skin requires technological externalization to become apparent, while the generated imagery must return to the body to be truly experienced. Thus, the body, data, and image form a cyclical relational network. The work's concern lies not in the demonstration of technology itself, but in the questions of perception it provokes: When the skin functions as both a physiological interface and a media interface, how do we reconceptualize the relationship between "vision" and "touch" as the datafication of the body becomes possible?

Device Logic

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A: The detection system can detect skin data.

B: The detected data will be displayed on the screen in a visual form.

C: Three substances are created to represent the material flow within the body.

D: The values will influence the projected patterns; viewers can lie on the fabric surface and feel the sensation of the projection on their skin.

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Installation Process


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Installation Showcase

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This installation treats the skin as a mediating interface: both the boundary of the body and the entry point of information into technological systems. Subtle variations in brightness, hydration, and elasticity are translated into data, which then return to the space as light and shadow. This back-and-forth process folds bodily experience into image experience.

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