I havent left a post in a long time so Ill try to sum up what Ive been researching quickly. I started off looking into traps and from there I was led to fishing. My research revolved mostly around the question 'how do you know if youve been caught?' for quite a while. I wanted to make an autonomous object that would predict a persons actions, warn them against it but still be able to offer something to the viewer when they didnt heed this advice and so showing them they had less control over their actions than they thought. This led to a little research into health and safety, ethics in art and a testing of the responsibilities of the creator of such a trap. This resulted in a small box containing razor blades with a warning on the front viewed by myself, though I was also in a trap being unable to move inside a small wooden box with only a small hole to view and only my voice to stop people from cutting themselves.
After this I realised that control was a major theme of my research and started looking into behavioural control and mind control. I started to look into nitrous oxide gas as a way of controlling peoples happiness. In order to continue this research I have started to look into happiness.
I believe that what I want to create are things that make people happy, though Im aware of how diverse that word can be. Im still not sure if I want to be able to console people, make them laugh, or anything in between or mixed together.
