Compass

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Compass is an orientation machine to wear around your waist. It directs you left and right while walking. It guides you through virtual corridors, rooms and doors programmed in the physical exhibition space, or any location. The apparatus imposes an attraction or repulsion on your waist, like you are in a magnetic field. You can explore this environment and discover a tactile architecture. The machine is programmed to make you follow an invisible map but you can choose between resisting to the machine or giving in and letting yourself be guided.

Compass at Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL)
Double Compass at Tetem Echschede (NL)
Double Compass at Tetem, Enschede (NL)
Prototype with extensions for motor and power supply