Perception

Pinscreen

PINSCREEN is a tactile sculpture that translates touch into strong visual effects. It consists of special straight-pins hung through a horizontal fine-mesh screen and covered with a glass plate retaining the pins. The visitor pushes and strokes the pins from below creating ghostly 3-D mappings of objects. When stroked, the pins swing, reflecting colors from lamps mounted above the table, creating patterns reminiscent of wind-blown wheat.