Prototype/Concept test. Developed during residency at Signal Culture and the Staten Island Makerspace Work in Progress. Test Video A video posted by Inhye Lee (@to_ot_to_ot) on Sep 16, 2015 at 9:02pm PDT
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Smile Trio: Who thought of this little song (2014)
Concept Faces turn from frowns to smiles when people are near, then they start singing. Keep these little guys company and make them happy. Photo credit (left): Faye Chou Documentation Video This video from instagram well-captures the one to one interaction with a smile. A video posted by Inhye Lee (@to_ot_to_ot) A whole view Music …
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Accordion Face (2014)
Continued from Accordion Face (2013) Documentation Video
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Accordion Face (2013)
Concept One of my interests is repurposing familiar objects such as toys (block toys, classic children’s books) or musical instruments (piano, xylophone, accordion) that I grew up playing with. By assigning different roles to these familiar items, I want to recreate the mesmerizing moment that we all had as kids when focused on the activity of…
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Piano: Face Jumble (2013)
Concept Play music. Jumble face. This piece started as a sequel to Face Book with a Hole where I borrowed the idea of a die-cut book that connects a page to the next via a hole on a page. I intended to convey the connection between human emotions by creating connected faces in the book.…
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Face Book With A Hole – Four Emotions (2011)
Full Title Face Book With A Hole – Four Emotions / 구멍난 얼굴북 – 희노애락 Concept Borrowing a classic children’s book format (die-cut book), where viewers see a part of next page through a hole, I intended to create a series of faces that lead into one another. I wanted to share and mix visual…
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TypoBlok (2007)
Elevator pitch TypoBlok is a building block toy that can create typefaces through play. Idea development I started this project while taking Judith Landsman‘s typography class at Parsons School of Design (Spring 2007). My goal was to create a 3-dimensional box that uses either one letter or one word as a design element. Instead, I used…
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Zig Zag Muzig Block (2004-2006)
Elevator pitch Zig Zag Muzig Block (ZZMB) is a three-block-structured interactive visual music toy. In this work, blocks work as the sound controller as well as the visual container. This upgraded version of the analogue mix-and-match character toy, ZZMB allows users to compose a new character’s moving image by twisting the blocks in order to…
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Choir Xylophone (2003)
Elevator pitch Choir Xylophone is an interactive musical toy that uses a singer’s visual image and sound to represent the different notes of the instrument. Each note is paired with its own unique icon. Interactivity to the video and sound Editing is often the most interesting and thrilling part of my video making process because…
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