alterité

“Altérité” or “Otherness” is an interactive installation based on the recognition of others in their difference. It offers an experiential approach to human life in a wheelchair. The installation is designed so that one person at a time can interact. The space used and the context promote the deconstruction of stereotypes and standard places used by the person in wheelchair.

A camera is fixed at the height of the user’s face. A mirror effect is suggested via an electronic tablet attached, like a head, to the back of an autonomous motorized wheelchair. Here, the face of the user of the manual wheelchair appears on the screen attached to the motorized wheelchair, thus becoming an objectified mechanism. A projection on the wall reflects the interactions in the space in the third person. Sounds and voices present “killer sentences”, those which invisibilize, discriminate and limit the presence of people in wheelchair in the public square.

This work was Exhibited at SAT during Hacklab 2024.

Developer:kamyar noak karimi
Interaction Designer: Rebecca Acone, João Nogueira Tragtenberg
Visual Designer: Consuelo Donati
Sound Designer: Matteo Tomasetti, Salomon Lewis,
Conceptual Designer: Gaëtane Cummings