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IF YOU’VE EVER wanted a kiss turned into a 3D sculpture, the exhibition Intimacy at Trinity College’s Science Gallery in Dublin, has you covered.
Emotion Capture, by Arthur Gouillart, uses magnetic fields sensors and patches to track the motion of a tongue during a kiss. The resulting abstract piece are then turned into a fully formed sculpture.
He says the piece is about finding new ways of representing love “beyond normative symbols such as the heart shape.”
It’s just one of the many installations on display for the new exhibition, which is exploring how technology interacts with human connection.
Other pieces include a VR experience that lets you experience the world through the eyes and body of another person, and an app that senses your physical and emotional responses to other people.
Intimacy is open to the public now until 24 February 2019.
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Wow that is such a heartbreaking article to read.
My sincere condolences to the little girls family. RIP sweetheart
Deepest darkest nightmare scenario for any parents. Heartbreaking.
Omg thats so sad and very difficult for the mother in law.I hope she comes to terms with it and someday realise it wasn’t her fault.
That was a hard read. That poor girl. Tragic.
That poor mother, and also the person who made the blinds. Despite it being in no way her fault, I imagine – if it were me – she’s feeling a huge amount of pain too. As a mother, I don’t know how other mothers go on functioning after losing a child, other than for the remaining children. Absolutely heartbreaking
I’d have no blinds or anything with a cord dangling around the place now, for a stupid decoration it just isn’t worth it. They took preventative measures but it wasn’t enough, poor child.
Make it compulsory to have a safety latch.
@Simon Peters: there was a safety latch. The child strangled on the cord a the back of the blind that they never imaged would be a problem. No dangling cords no carelessness. Just a tragic accident and very sad.
I teach sewing and knitting. I will not allow anything to be made in class with a cord longer than 15cm. Ever! Even if it’s only for a hope with no kids. None negotiable.
But there are many blogs and sites that show how to make these projects and don’t cover the risks.
I always remember ‘Thats life’ on BBC in the 1990s covering the risks.
Tragic, tragic situation.
Tragic accident made even worse by the ” are we to blame” undertone in the words coming from the mother. How can any parent have anticipated such a thing happening and taken proactive steps to ensure it didnt. Horrible tragedy. No one is to blame.
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