"The Big Wheel"

Interactive video installation - 1995





Cargo Gallery - Marseille, FR - 1998

The Big Wheel is an interactive video installation in which a video plays in response to the viewer’s participation.  

2m diameter wheel, electronics, Amiga, TV, sound system.

 



Cargo Gallery - Marseille, FR - 1998

Of Mice and Men…
or Human being as an experimental subject

The Big Wheel is a study of human behavior through an interactive video installation placing directly the viewer on stage.

A video plays in response to the viewer’s participation. The subject watches a video while running on a 2m-diameter hamster wheel. He becomes an actor and is compelled to run to deserve the film. By wearing headphones, he is the only one to enjoy his reward, directly proportional to his performance.

The woman’s voice becomes increasingly sexy the faster the viewer runs.

He is motivated by his curiosity to play the role of the Guinea-Pig.…