Playing God
Playing god is an interactive game that is inspired from a game console, but made physical. This worldly steel box and controller provides that same feeling of instant gratification as other contemporary electrical stimuli. Playing God was made for providing satisfaction at your finger tips in a in a gallery environment.The boxed world is made as a diorama. The viewer has controls over the chaotic world as if it where a real life video game. The original concept is a mechanical video game that holds a world made from wire and plaster. ‘Playing God’ has a child-like ethos that contains a mountainous set up with characters fenced in front to make it safe, protecting the viewer from the world.Playing God is designed for human pleasures, which come from the feeling of being in control as a god-like figure in landscapes and stories.
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The Frame: a steel boxed frame that hold the diorama. Rotating roundabout: A shelf bellow the world which holds a record player that is used to spin the roundabout in the centre of the piece. Slip Ring : passes electricity from a fixed object to a spinning object . This powers the Fan Fish and the manta ray. The slip ring comes from repurposed objects combined together such as a plastic tube, brass copper and shopping trolly wheels. The Fan Fish: A fan that resembles a fish with a 30V drill motor that allows the fish to propel itself in a circular motion around the world. Manta Ray: a laser-cut mechanism with two pistons that squeeze the flying ‘Mantra Ray’ to flap. The Observer: The large alien character within the world made from two servo motors on an X and Y axes made from wood, foam, plasticine and wire. The observer is the protagonist within this game, using its electrical arm to point at various things within the world. The audience feels a direct connection as they are able to control the direction in which the observer points his finger. The Controller: is an acrylic box with buttons, a joystick and rotary knobs. The box has various circuit boards that run the worlds electrics. The link between the participant and the world is a spaghetti junction of wires, where the participant is able to control the speed of the ‘Fan Fish’, the rotations per minute (RPM) of the roundabout, the flaps of the manta ray and where the observer is pointing. Exhibited in Paris 2021 January-July
Exhibited in Glasgow 2018
The Frame: a steel boxed frame that hold the diorama. Rotating roundabout: A shelf bellow the world which holds a record player that is used to spin the roundabout in the centre of the piece. Slip Ring : passes electricity from a fixed object to a spinning object . This powers the Fan Fish and the manta ray. The slip ring comes from repurposed objects combined together such as a plastic tube, brass copper and shopping trolly wheels. The Fan Fish: A fan that resembles a fish with a 30V drill motor that allows the fish to propel itself in a circular motion around the world. Manta Ray: a laser-cut mechanism with two pistons that squeeze the flying ‘Mantra Ray’ to flap. The Observer: The large alien character within the world made from two servo motors on an X and Y axes made from wood, foam, plasticine and wire. The observer is the protagonist within this game, using its electrical arm to point at various things within the world. The audience feels a direct connection as they are able to control the direction in which the observer points his finger. The Controller: is an acrylic box with buttons, a joystick and rotary knobs. The box has various circuit boards that run the worlds electrics. The link between the participant and the world is a spaghetti junction of wires, where the participant is able to control the speed of the ‘Fan Fish’, the rotations per minute (RPM) of the roundabout, the flaps of the manta ray and where the observer is pointing. Exhibited in Paris 2021 January-July
Exhibited in Glasgow 2018