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Encoding Biological Interaction into Behavior
March 21, 2009, 11:56 am
Filed under: Biological Interaction

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Framing the world through biological behavior, people can perceive the world in a different way

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People make interactions with other people through biological behavior. Through the communication by biological behavior, the interaction is made and the relationship is developed. What about kissing? Why do human beings kiss? If I had never heard of kissing, I would think it was gross! Is kissing an instinct, or is it an act of love that we’ve been taught? We want to think kissing is “natural” behavior for all species. The Kissing fish gets this name from the way it “kisses” other fish of its kind. But they kiss because they act aggressively and force a showdown. When they do this, one is trying to establish dominance over the other. But why we name this fish “kissing fish” not “fighting fish” even though we know the fact behind this behavior? We usually see things from our own perspective. Our solipsism limits our experience: it doesn’t take media to make us dull & inattentive. This partially explains why we easily take things for granted. To notice these small things that have been ignored, we need to change the way we look at the world.

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Perceive the World through Animal eyes
Disrupt your daily routine

This image indicates how people react when they have the bird’s eye view. Animal’s behavior provides us with an effective concept of creating an emotion system of simple interaction. Studying their behavior provides us with an effective tool to influence the relationship between humans and the objects. Therefore, seeing and experiencing the world through Trans-behavior objects, I replaced the senses of human’s vision, and smelling with animal’s behaviors. In the other words, change the perception to sensing the environment by changing people’s interaction of behavior through animal behavior. The purpose is to disrupt your daily routine of how you normally see the world by disabling the sense they always use. Through animals’ behaviors, people can experience the world of animals and perceive the world in a different way. People would not see the world in the same manner. Something they previously take for granted will bring a new experience to extend their senses.


“D’oh!” the Vision
Navigate the space without see it

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D’oh the Vision is a delightful object that is inspired by echolocation. The purpose of this behavior is to navigate space without using vision. This behavior can be found in bats, dolphins and some other animals. They navigate the world without using their vision. This helmet will not allow the participants to use their eyes to explore the environment. The different speeds of sound vibration in the helmet will tell participants the direction and location they are going. It may make the participants feel strange because they have to figure out direction and location by listening to the sound made from the speed of vibration. They will learn to trust the new sensing system. Once they can move around freely with this helmet, they will see the world as bats and dolphins do. They will find an amazing experience when extending the other senses to explore the world.

“Sniff!” the Smell
Smelling the ground

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Sniff the Smell is an unexpected object that extends the human ability of smell into that of a dog’s. The act of smelling the ground is their natural instinct to search for territory and food. How many people have crawled and smelled the ground like the dogs do? The apparatus is a mask for breathing with a long tube but it is not the air that we usually take. The air from the ground travels up through the tube. When they use the device, the participants will be able to smell the ground. When the participants breathe, their breath will trigger the device to move forward so that the participants can smell the scents of different areas.


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