In My Mind’s Eye
| In My Mind’s Eye | |
|---|---|
| Creator | Mirjam Dissel, |
| Year | 2012 |
| Bio | |
| Website | http://mirjamdissel.com/project/in-my-minds-eye/ |
In My Mind's Eye is a machine that allows the user to automatically, without effort, make personal associations between images. These associations lie deep within them, but will surface when the images are presented in a taxonomical way; the human brain is designed to see patterns, a narrative. The user is asked to create a meaningful set of images and name it; the set will then be printed and become a playable card game. The project aims to collect different types of results, based on personal experience, or the subjective interpretations of public events. The project also allows the users to compare and exchange their decks of cards and the meanings associated with them.
Impression of the whole set up
machine
associationmaking in action
Annette Wolfsberger typing a name for her set.
View of machine's screen. Here the memories that arose are the ones I have of my grandparents' place. This made me associate the chairs on the snowy tiles with learning how to ice skate on my grandparents' lake.
bags for safekeeping of your cards; also contains instructions on how to play the game and what the project is about.
A set somebody made. Notice how the bubblegum takes on the role of grapes when placed in this set.
A group of people playing quartet with a mixed deck, trying to figure out what the selected images have to do with the chosen title, and what the title is about in the first place; thus getting to know a bit about each other's history and about their mind flow.
