Interactive doll is a new toy design that is specially designed for children to improve communication abilities, which are their social behavior, language. By connecting each part between female doll and male doll like head, mouth, hands stomach and legs, their doll speak various words based on social reaction in daily life. Also, these dolls can change their character. Hitting head makes them bully, or if they kiss a lot, they become more cheerful person. Their whole processes reflect our social life and are good to know for children in early ages.

I was brought to this idea after spending the past academic year and extremely busy with grad school, having very little time for life outside of school. I spent most nights working late and coming home to an empty bed. I started to think about the comfort of coming home to someone waiting for you asleep in bed. I wanted to show the serenity of a person sleeping and the dynamics of climbing into bed with someone who is happy to have you join them. I also wanted to touch on the relationship between a couple in the privacy and comfort of their bed. The piece speaks on the concepts of loneliness, affection, and intimacy.

The piece involves previously recorded footage of a woman sleeping in various positions on a bed, filmed from above. An infrared camera is mounted next to the projector and reads the position of a real live person who climbs into the bed. As the person gets into and moves around the bed the woman sleeping is manipulated to accommodate the real life person.

The piece is a progression of previous experimentations I have worked on involving interactive video and capture devices. I am interested in working with projections on non-standard surfaces and playing with viewers perceptions of different spaces and objects.