Haunted [Smart] House

The light interacts with people who enter the haunted room, creating different experiences and emotions through its unique language. The project seeks to create an immersive space where outsiders can engage with the light and have varying encounters. When people are outside the space, the lights whisper to each other, and when people are inside the space, the lights remain silent. They are curious about your presence and will capture your attention.

Smart home products can sometimes be a nightmare for users, as they can unknowingly surrender control of their personal devices and information. A frightening example of this is ‘Cryptojacking’ - a form of cyberattack where digital devices are secretly used to mine cryptocurrency, leading to data security issues and spine-chilling energy consumption.

InControl examines the relationship between people, their smart home devices, and the objects they control.

Stay there. Don’t move. Don’t take notice of the devices following you. Tracking your every move and thought. If you stray, we will warn you, it will be uncomfortable. Scary even. This project is meant to convey that although its become a more mainstream concept to be aware of giving away data to known platforms, there are so many more devices, or eyes, constantly watching and manipulating us.

The project aims to materialize the presence of Jowangshin, the Goddess of the kitchen and fire, in a way that can be perceptible to people. The intention is to manifest her existence in a delicate and imperceptible yet sensible manner, which is achieved through breath. Breath is a crucial aspect of one's being, and the sensation of air from breathing represents the embodiment of existence.

Technology has allowed us to transcend the need for direct contact and gain a level of influence over other people without being in front of them. Solomon’s box is symbolic representation of the power of technology to create interactions between people without their being in each other’s presence

Technology is all around us, listening, watching, what else could it be doing? For a Haunted [Smart] Home that is embedded with technology, when does the house really end? Is it when you exit its walls? We think the spookiest thing about technology is how it never seems to leave you ...

creating barriers for sensitive data to leave the smart home

This experience carries the “peripherals” that are found in human-human interaction and mirrors them in our conversations with our connected devices. By communicating a device’s emotions through non-human physical elements, this experience provides greater immersion during an interaction with a smart assistant. The “entity” created through this physical manifestation is meant to decrease the friction during interaction by increasing the presence and responsiveness of your device.

What if we knew how Artificial Intelligence on the internet perceived us? This project is a part of the Haunted Smart House Exhibit. It is hidden within the bathroom.

What if technology could know more about you than yourself? This project is created as part of the Haunted Smart House Exhibit. It's situated in the home office.

Solid message reflects on how we receive and send messages, retrieves the old-fashioned way of sending messages and finds alternatives for the fast-paced message sending and receiving in social media. By allowing the end user to send only one message a day and physically prints the message out, we seek more deliberate, mindful ways of communicating.