Tamagotchi Life Support, 2017
Installation
Tamagotchi, sculpted plaster, arduino controller, servo-motors, uninterruptible power supply unit
15 cm x 12 cm x 9 cm
shown in
MAFA5: De Rerum Natura - Media Art Festival Arad →
05. 10. 2018 - 03. 11. 2018
curated by Călin Man and Ileana Selejan
Natural Science Museum, Arad, Romania
The Museum Affair
17. 10. 2019 - 13. 12. 2019
curated by Cristina Curcan and Mihai Iepure-Gorski
organised by The Paintbrush Factory
Zoological Museum Cluj, Romania
Installation
Tamagotchi, sculpted plaster, arduino controller, servo-motors, uninterruptible power supply unit
15 cm x 12 cm x 9 cm
shown in
MAFA5: De Rerum Natura - Media Art Festival Arad →
05. 10. 2018 - 03. 11. 2018
curated by Călin Man and Ileana Selejan
Natural Science Museum, Arad, Romania
The Museum Affair
17. 10. 2019 - 13. 12. 2019
curated by Cristina Curcan and Mihai Iepure-Gorski
organised by The Paintbrush Factory
Zoological Museum Cluj, Romania
An intervention in a Natural History Museum puts a live
Tamagotchi on display with other representatives of the animal kingdom. Such electronic toys were designed as empathy
devices. Marketed as a way to supposedly make children more responsible by having them take care of the digital pet and friend, the
Tamagotchi requires constant attention and care. The shape is designed to be an fun interpretation of a cracked egg shell, reinforcing the idea of a recently hatched creature that needs nursing.
Instead of human empathy, the installation revolves around a programmed arduino robot that performs the required empathy and keeps the Tamagotchi alive during the duration of the entire exhibition.
Instead of human empathy, the installation revolves around a programmed arduino robot that performs the required empathy and keeps the Tamagotchi alive during the duration of the entire exhibition.
