Masks give psychological strength to be able to speak in public
’The Mask of Soul’ gives psychological strength to be able to speak in public. It hides the speaker’s identity and its microphone picks up the speaker’s voice and plays it loud from the speaker on the top of the mask. In its competitive setting, people are invited to adopt another persona and shout insults at each other within the context of a championship tournament.
The inspiration comes from the Karaoke box, which enables participants to diminish stress through primal releasing of energy.
魂のマスクは公共の場で大衆に話しやすくする為のマスクです。話者の目の印象を隠す事でアイデンティテイを隠し、公共の場で個人の精神の自由を与えます。話した声は口の付近にある小型のマイクが音を拾い、頭の上部についたスピーカーで声を大音量にします。コンテスト形式で行われる悪口大会のセッティングでは、二人の選手がマスクを装着し、好きなフレーズをその場で叫び合います。
このマスクのアイデアはカラオケのようなプライベートな空間の心理的な自由からインスピレーションを受け制作しました。
Credit
Creative Direction and
Video, Graphic and Product Design
Tomomi Sayuda
Past Exhibition
July 2014 Future Short, The White Building, London, UK
April 2014 International Art Expo, Zaragoza, Spain
Media Appearance
Newspaper
October 2014 Het Perool(Holland)
July 2014 7days (Holland)
June 2014 The Independent (UK)
June 2014 The Telegraph(UK)
Web
October 2014BBC News (UK)July 2014Designboom (USA)
June 2014The Huffington Post (UK)