Murder in The Living Room
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The Living Room, another Transmediale nominee by US artist Victoria Fang, invites visitors to solve a murder mystery.
Three moveable panels with LCD-Monitors can be shifted like puzzle pieces around the room. When all three elements are correctly positioned (there are 21 clues on the floor: "gun", "door", "kitchen", etc), filmed scenes that play back across the panels give the player new clues to trigger the next scene. Players get a different spatialized experience with each scene, as the scenes are constantly changing position, thus working as a giant physical puzzle that houses a narrative puzzle. This installation is technically very impressive and original, and it's probably because I'm a big fan of whodunits, that i didn't go crazy about this work. I love to just sit down, relax, sip a hot chocolate and read murder mysteries, so pushing panels all over a room is not exactly my idea of the perfect past-time. |
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I've been reading your blog for months, and I do really would like to see your review or critics on the transmediale 05. Like what do you feel about the trend of these works, or what's the best piece you think? I myself think the best one is definitely 100db@100km/h, which really gives new feeling to the audience. How do you think?