mutsugoto (2007)
Tomoko Hayashi, Stefan Agamanolis, Matthew Karau

Mutsugoto is an interactive installation that invites couples to experience an intimate communication over a distance.
Begin by laying on the bed and wearing the special ring.  As you relax and think about your partner, gently move your hand around your body. These movements are traced on your own body as well as your partner laying in the other bed.
Twinkling spots give a hint of where your partner is drawing.  If you follow your partner’s movements and your strokes cross, the lines will react with each other and reflect your synchrony.

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Special thanks to:

Satoko Ikawa: model
Satoshi Ikawa: model
Yoko Ito: costume making
Marubeni CLS Corporation: reflective ink
Isao Negishi
Isamu Sugihara

Images from the mutsugoto installation
National Museum of Art, Osaka ,Skin of/in Contemporary Art
Oct-Dec, 2007

Produced at Distance Lab, Inverness, Scotlan d