Re.latio.nl

Medium

• Interactive Installation

Re.latio.nl explores the concept of defining the identity of a system based on the relationships of its contents. Using the idea of the ‘closet’ as a structural metaphor, users are asked to define a normally physical space based not on spatial constraints, but instead on how they choose to link together the various artifacts which inhabit it. In the creation of this subjective space, objects transcend their normative relations and come to embody boundaries themselves. The objects take on the defining edges of the closet’s ontological coherence, and the spaces which exists between objects, the innate connections which have been substantiated, construct the system’s identity.

Comprised of an ipad kiosk and an accompanying projection, the installation allows users to define their own “closet maps” by linking together items they associate with the idea of the closet. Then, each map is submitted and projected on top of previous maps, compressing individual associations into a greater representation.