Alicia Blakey

"The Spin is an interactive installation that allows users to wirelessly send sounds and interact with a digital record player. Through the installation, you can either send different sounds. Listening to certain music or the sounds has proven to help improve mood and reduce anxiety. If a user opens the application connected to the interactive record player they can see when others are playing songs. The digital record player then starts spinning and is initiated when a user interacts with the app that corresponds with the installation. The pin on the record player is indicated by LED lights that music is being played or this fun interaction can also be initiated through touch sensors as well. This art installation also conceptualizes the experience of taking a moment to initiate with your senses of hearing and touch to have fun and take a few minutes out of your day to feel good and listen ."