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The word, in liquid chrome
chrome-type · webgl · drag across it
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Open now
Live. Tap and it opens.start here. i'd hand you these first.
Specimen 01 · a webcam as an instrument
Involuntary
this one needs the camera. that is the whole point.Hemoglobin drinks green light, so your forehead dips a little darker every time your heart beats. A plain webcam catches it, and then the whole page starts beating with you. Nothing is recorded, nothing is uploaded.
Let it read you →fig. 01aIt counts the green your face loses, once per heartbeat.
fig. 01bFour numbers. One of them stays at zero.
Specimen 02 · a hand-built 3D room
The Sunday Room
every object in here is placed by hand. the candle stays lit.A 3D room where the week gets kept. Photographs in the five o'clock light, songs in the crate, a candle that stays lit.
Open the room →fig. 02aDrag around a room built by hand.
fig. 02bDrop the needle. Turn the crank for the season.
Specimen 03 · a sound map of one block
Overheard
headphones on. walk until the voices come up.Sounds are pinned to real coordinates. Walk toward one and it rises around you, walk off and it goes quiet again. A corner store that closed decades ago, still audible from the sidewalk.
Take the walk →fig. 03aEight places on one block, each holding a sound.
fig. 03bStand close enough and 1988 fades up around you.
Specimen 04 · human factors division
Friction Lab
turns out the annoying part was load-bearing.Technology keeps getting better at removing resistance. This tests what else it removes. A CAPTCHA you are allowed to fail correctly, a progress bar that only advances while you rest.
Request entry →
fig. 04aFacility 001. Scroll to walk, click a vitrine to enter.
fig. 04bThe intake form sets the terms before you go in.
