Speculative design project developed at Politecnico di Milano.
The theme of the year was death.
We believe that humans are morbidly attracted by death.
Schadenfreude: The Malicious joy in other's misfortune
The machine is composed by six screen, an hidden eye-tracker and a printer. e
The audio comes out from this speakers. The head will be positioned in the middle. The speakers work with the eye-tracker reproducing the audio of the screen that the viewers is looking.
We made posters to promote the experiment.
The postation for the event.
At the end of the experiment each patient are given the report of the experience which showcase the level of schadenfreude reached.
How it works:
Every screen reproduces a video. In the beginning just one screen out of six reproduces a video containing death. If the patient watch that screen for at least 5 seconds death will spread on another screen and so on, like a virus.
In the report you can find all the data of your experiment.
On the website Geistlab.de you have access to a private section where we explain every part of the project. Thanks to the lessons of our director Hans Weber you can truly understand our commitment for the scientific progress.
The teaser for the event.
