Freddy in a Tree

Freddy Sitting in a blooming tree at 4am on Saturday, April 12

SWA – Still Pumpin out da content

I spent much of my spring break re-vamping Single White Android’s webpage. Check out the ITP Winter Show ’07 video I put up. My favorite part is the woman who jumps back in fear a good 2 seconds after the arm moves. Many thanks to Scott for making this project amazing. It wouldn’t have been anything without his mustached longing and pleading. Hope to incorporate sound into a later version.

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Single White Android – Flash Demo

Check out this interactive demo of our android

Ring Around the Sun

Ring Around the Sun is a space that is currently expanding. It is inhabited by humanoid creatures that are composed of human-made materials. This is a concept drawing of one such creature. He inhabits a domestic setting on a black stage. The stage is populated with one of his fellow creatures. They sit in simple arm chairs and have video screen faces. Their backdrop is illuminated by 4 long fluorescent tubes making the outline of a childish house. Like a kid’s drawing…They are in a dark, unknown domain, illuminated by TV screens, Christmas lights and fluorescent tubes. The light reflects off the black fabric that serves as a backdrop and stage cover.

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Single White Android – Press from the Show

MAKE Magazine

Engadget  

Link from the Show

Single White Android – ITP Winter Show 2007

It was really fun watching so many people interact with our project, and we got amazing responses. It scared people and it also made them laugh. The combination of the human form, the expressiveness of the face, along with the red belly and moving arm had people confused about their own feelings towards it. They weren’t sure whether to like it or be repulsed by it.

Link to more pics on Flickr

Construction of Single White Android

Single White Android – Circuitry Explained

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Single White Android

Our life-size doll wants to be close to you. His facial expressions and internal lighting relate to your interaction with him. His belly pulses with red light. He wants you to touch it, and if you comply, he reacts, smiling and glowing with pleasure. He just might move as well….

Humans are all lonely to some degree. The Internet and mass media are not satisfying our need for physical presence. We are deluded by the fact that we are “connected” to so many, when in fact we are only exchanging info, leaving us in dire need for real companionship.

How does our perception of companionship change when the Internet and other types of media become intermediaries between us? What makes a person real to us? Our creation is our response to these questions. He is a manifestation of a semi-human, and is neither real nor fake. He is not human, but he takes up physical space and has many human-like characteristics. Will he be more “real” than a fake person on the Internet who was “created” and then “died?” What does it take to be considered a human being these days? What types of emotional reactions will we be able to incite in our audience? Hopefully, we will be able to get them to re-assess the bonds in their lives, and think about their future social interactions from a new perspective.

Concept Drawing for Single White Android