Suitcase Stories

Gledhill, Jamie (2025) Suitcase Stories. In: TEI '25: Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction.

Abstract

The Suitcase Stories installation facilitates embodied interaction with typographic representations of firsthand accounts of climate change. The work aspires to create a powerful and visceral connection between the participant and individuals affected directly by environmental changes, thus developing greater awareness and propensity towards positive action. Participants interact with powerful and often emotive narratives through upper body movement and gesture, discovering and playing with words and phrases. The entire artwork is integrated within a vintage suitcase, adding aesthetic and thematic dimensions to the user experience. Through this installation, the author sets out to test whether interactive typography, controlled through body tracking, can offer a unique platform for disadvantaged voices to be heard in a powerful and immersive way.

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