Instructable link: https://www.instructables.com/id/Neverdream/
Concept
Neverdream is an installation which reinterprets a traditional Chinese opera, The Peony Pavilion, using 3D electronic story object. The interaction allows exploration between dream and reality in the story. Neverdream attempts to make traditional Chinese opera relevant to contemporary audiences.
Story
Background: Song Dynasty
Characters: Du Liliang, the daughter of an important official
Liu Mengmei, a poor scholar
Du and Liu meet and fall in love with each other in their dreams. They reunite in the real world after experiencing separation, death, and revival.
Experience
The user plays the role of Liu in the story. The installation presents the scene, that Liu meets a girl under a plum tree in his dream.
Target Audiences:
Millennial audiences in the digital age
Precedents:
The story happened in the old times. I want to design an installation that can tell the story in an interactive, immersive way. the electronic objects may enrich the experience but maybe ruin the immersion. The precedents show that these two materials enable electronic objects to give responses in a natural, organic way.
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Process
1.Printing
2. Test and apply thermochromic pigment
3.Making petals with flexinol
4. Connecting petals in a series connection to make a flower
5. Building the circuit and assemblage
