
Hacking into an Android's Dream (2023)
Arduino project
Technique: Arduino, Soldering
This project will allow the audience to control a joystick to "hack" into the android's dream. The project uses an Arduino Uno board as the main control system, equipped with a joystick module for interaction, and displays the androidt's dream through a small OLED or TFT screen. The sound will be played through a mini speaker connected to the Arduino. The visual aesthetic of this project will be primarily minimalist. It will feature a model of a sleeping android with wires extending from its head upwards to a screen, displaying irregular dream-like images or animations. The audience can interact with these visuals using a joystick. This Arduino installation inspired by Philip K. Dick's classic novel *Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?* I want the audience to reflect on the future possibility of androids. If androids were to become real, would you perceive them as different from normal humans? Would they dream? If you were to glimpse their dreams, would you still see them as mere tools, or as individuals?