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Elina Crespi

Elina Crespi

Metamorphoses

Name(s)

Elina Crespi (2001)

Website(s)

elinacrespi.com

Instagram

@elinacrespi_

Employment

40% independent, 20% 3D assistant, 20% electronic assistant

Education

Bachelor Media & Interaction Design, ECAL, 2023

Title

Metamorphoses

Year of creation

2023

Place of creation

University of Art and Design Lausanne ECAL

Context of creation

Diploma, Bachelor Media & Interaction Design, ECAL, 2023

Collaborators

Sound design: Lucie Göckel, Lausanne
ECAL, Lausanne

Item(s) shown

The installation object; 1 jack cable; scenographic elements (carpet and cushions)

Dimensions

860 × 550 × 103 mm

Formats/Duration

Tangible interactive experience, 3840 × 2160 px, 5-10 min

Material(s)

Wood, metal, electronics, screen

Material supplier(s)

ECAL

Metamorphoses is a video game installation that allows its universe to evolve by exploring its different dimensions. The installation is at the intersection of illustration and tangible interaction.It is an organic machine representing a harmony of opposites, a duality between machine and human. There is a balance to be found: should the machine adapt to the human or the human to the machine? 

By participating in Metamorphoses, players are invited to create connections by plugging in a jack cable to solve enigmas. They actively engage in the narrative and interact with the environment. The organic machine embodies a duality by making natural and technological elements coexist in an interactive and evolving environment. Thereby, it creates a mise en abyme and prompts introspection about our own world.