christiane holzheid

MFA Candidate / Media Design / Art Center College of Design

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When I went to instal the object on a Tuesday night "American Idol night" everyone was worried about missing their favorite show. Once the object started its naughtiness and switched the telly on and off like crazy, the family forgot all about their show. It was not about American Idol anymore, but rather about being in control of the TV and actually watching at all. Their was also these great moments where the family would be cheering, "yes, great you have it. now just don't let go...." and ups the TV would turn off again. They were never in control over it, the "object" just paused and tricked them.
This experiment does not specifically address "streaming media" directly - but how can I use everything that I have learned during this process to connect it to streaming media. Could this be a device to disconnect people, families from streaming media?