Kristin O'Friel

User Experience Researcher

Keyhole

One of eight networked installations about surveillance.
The early 2000s dotcom crash transformed downtown San Jose, CA from a burgeoning shopping district to vacant storefronts. In collaboration with Phantom Galleries / Anno Domini, we accessed eight vacant storefronts on 1st Street to create a networked exhibition about surveillance. Keyhole was one of these installations and explored the roles of surveillance by making the viewer both the surveiller, and the subject being surveilled.

MAKERS

  • Corrie Tse
  • Kristin O’Friel

MATERIALS

  • Projector
  • Rear projection fabric
  • Webcams
  • Mini LCD
  • Max/MSP
  • Flash
  • PCs

EXHIBITS

Keyhole storefront installation
Keyhole storefront installation inviting viewers at night

Looking through the installation keyhole
Pedestrian looking through the installation keyhole
Pedestrians being surveilled
Pedestrians being surveilled

Storefronts along 1st Street in downtown San Jose, CA
Storefronts along 1st Street in downtown San Jose, CA

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CO2RSET

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Momo

A haptic navigation device.

Synaesthesia

A networked installation of sensory exchange between audial, visual and tactile data.

Keyhole

One of eight networked installations about surveillance.

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