Traces
An interactive photo booth that—in the tradition of Victorian spirit photography and New Age aura photography—reveals ghostly images of its past users.
The photo booth and printed memento it produces reflect on alienation, community, and how we imbue our technologies with the power to reveal and communicate with speculative worlds—from séances to Second Life and Pokémon Go—that exist alongside our own.
Created in collaboration with human-computer interaction designer Rachel Ng.
Audio by Bubblegum Crisis
My role: Concept, hardware and software development, physical construction
The familiar form of a photo booth becomes a site for interaction, collaboration, and play. It’s a tool to be manipulated, complicated, and subverted by the people using it.
