After Pitch, we are truly fortunate to have received many suggestions and project considerations from the four mentors. Although our entire Pitch was prepared in a hurry, the show’s opening was not perfect. Nevertheless, fortunately, in the question-and-answer session after the introduction, we clearly explained the direction we wanted to explore, part of the presentation form, and consideration of the project. The instructors mainly put forward three points.
One is that the entire project should be carried out in a neutral, scientific, and safe environment, considering that we are a psychologically related project; the other is that we suggest that we consider the presentation of this kind of psychological project more. Because this involves our creation and the audience’s sensory experience, the third is that we suggest that we expand the boundaries of our exploration topics and try to give a more detailed and innovative topic. N specifically mentioned that many students are doing psychology-related projects, making it difficult to choose such a topic. We must pay attention to find out the highlights of our exploration.
We all reflected on these in the second discussion and had a massive impact on our subsequent research. In the second discussion, we found that the exploration of psychological problems was too extensive, and it needed solid psychological and medical support to be able to create safe and let the audience experience the project under our theme, especially when we prepared to Make a device with solid interaction and experience, instead of shooting a movie with an observation perspective. So, we continued to discuss psychology and perception and found that we could draw inspiration from the artist Ryuichi Sakamoto’s work concept that I have been following before. He uses noise as the content and sound as the medium to guide the audience to experience the external environment from the sensory perspective, reflect on the relationship between man and nature, and further search for themselves. Moreover, we originally planned to guide the audience to experience the natural world through hearing and vision through sound and projection equipment with abstract and simple light and shadow design. This experience lets the audience feel the communication between the individual and the outside, rethink the bridge between people and the real world, and find the virtual and authentic sensory selves in the digital age.