Niloofar Sanandaji Zadeh

"This project is an interactive audio-visual installation conceptually based on a paper addressing diasporic senses humans suffer from as a result of being replaced from their original land on Earth or experiencing any other binary change or transition like migrating to other planets or the process of digitizing reality. and mention interconnectedness theories presented by many philosophers, thinkers, and artists over different historical times and geographies. For the visual part of the installation metaphorically an architectural point cloud from an ancient Persian palace is used which is a piece that is built based on the same values that represent interconnectedness (Vahdat). While this architecture is the subject of specific diasporic senses the artist is experiencing as a result of leaving these places. The audiovisuals are interactive. Designed in ThouchDesigner, the interaction has two states. The first one represents losing connection and the second one represents reconnection as using technology made it possible to at least have a shadow of what one might be missing. This work uses a projecting system to demonstrate visuals. These interactions happen by putting together microcontrollers, digital fabrication and coding. "