Inter-Discommunication Machine (1993)

I find Kazuhiko Hachiya's Inter-Discommunication Machine is the most interesting. About the work, it is an equipment which can exchange the visual perspectives between two people. According to the reading, 'used by two people wearing head-mounted displays, the "machine" projects one player's sight and sound perception of a virtual "playground" into the other one's display, thus confusing the borders between "you" and "me".' Two users need to wear head-mounted displays covering eyes and ears and a backpack with angel wings which have batteres, TV tuners, transmitters and TV antenna inside, then they can only see the views through the other people's eyes. Also, we are brought forcibly in the other's visual field and the machine definitely complicates the boundaries between identities of two people. The work questions vision and our individaul perception of the world.

I feel the machine is interesting because I never have such experience and I hope to experience. It is extremely amazing if we see the things through other people's eyes. But on the contrary, it will be horrible and helpless if we lose the visual perspective of our eyes. But it is a good opportunity for us to recieve sensual experience through another different way and creates a 'double identity self' or 'moutual identity'.

Reference:  Reading by Christiane Paul
                     http://we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2005/05/through-the-dev.php
                     http://eyebeam.org/projects/inter-discommunication-machine