Cortical
Fusion
introduction
Overview
Symbol Zone
Texture Room
Rainbow Room
Malleable Space
Sonic Zones
Visualization Zone
Walkthrough
Symbol Zone
Seeing in a new light
This environment allows the visitor to explore cross-sensory associations with symbolic visuals, ranging from letters to words to shapes to graphical symbols to cultural memes. In the Visual Space, the visitor interactively forms their personal associations, using their bodies to interact with projections on the wall. At times they may "drag" an array of words and memes to a color wheel based on their color association for each.
What color is "lol"?
At times they may hear sounds or music and draw a shape with their finger which the sound reminds them of. What shape is a C chord? A bird chirp? WMD? What color is Photosynthesis? Mother? Friend?.
Tracking associations
Over time, similar responses will be collected and used in the Visualization Zone to give the viewer an idea of how he/she is similar or different to others throughout the population.
Demo
Please try it yourself. Drag these words to a color area you associate with them. Certain words like "Pumpkin" might be easier and more vivid than less tangible concepts. You can see results of this demo in the "Visualization Zone". (Please note that this interactive demo requires the latest version of Java)
Sketches
