Sumit Pandey
ABSTRACT
This paper presents 'Keynect', a service based installation based on the idea of building a tangible social network, which is a new kind of social network based on real world objects and social behavior. The concept is inspired by theoretical work done on the nature of always on networked devices and their effects on our culture and behavior, which suggests that we are rapidly becoming isolated, ignorant and unconcerned about the people in our own immediate vicinity. The Keynect system is based on the idea using common interactions we have with the networked objects we own and linking them to a shared object that we come in contact with on almost a daily basis, like keys. It uses key rings and a common key hanging board as a means of sharing the data across a particular space. Photographs and sounds recorded by the people are used as links and triggers shared by the key rings acting as a prop to enable spontaneous conversations, discussions and discovery. The photographs and sounds are exchanged between the key rings, randomly everyday and old data archived in the system based on un-use. The old data is selectively re-infused into the system at random creating a audio-visual history of the space created by people living in it and through the process of discovering it, creating links between people as well. The system was prototyped and tested in the context of a university building. The larger goal of the system is to make people aware of others sharing the same space through the process of discovery and engage them by using shared objects as links.
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