Janken
Janken is the Japanese word for the common game known in the US as Rock-Paper-Scissors. Roughly translated, it means hand game but also implies fist, strike, and gambling.
Dimensions: 6 ft x 6 ft x 6 ft
Materials: rock, paper, scissors, webcam, video projector, computer, custom software
Showings:
COLLISIONseven, 2nd chance, MIT Stata Center Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Apr 23 to May 08, 2005
COLLISIONseven, chance, Art Interactive Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Apr 02 to Apr 10, 2005
Janken presents two aspects: when interacted with, it engages the viewer with a very familiar hand gesture game. Without human interaction, it reverts to the performance of a random and unfamiliar sign language.