Royal Opera House - Audience: "long shot"

Chris O'Shea & rAndom International created this interactive installation composed of 64 swivel-mounted mirror objects. What I love about these kind of works is how individuals become immersed with testing the responsiveness of the system, and how unselfconscious individuals become, playing in way we would often never do in public. What the videos document is how transformative this installation is of place & space so that normal rules of public behaviour disappear.

This work reminds me of an installation I played with in the 2006 ISEA in San Jose, called Ping Genius Loci. There's something fascinating about responsive mechanical objects/systems that invites both play & a testing of the system - how has it been designed? will it surprise me? how much can I anticipate or not? are there easter eggs? I've lost a lot of time playing in these environments...