The Moment We Meet is a kinetic installation for the MRT public art by Taiwanese artist Hsin-Chien Huang. It offers a panel system composes 10×10 matrixex of faces, each one can be controlled independently and creates endless number of faces.
Courtesy of Hsin-Chien Huang
These faces convey the idea of when we meet, our emotions and expressions spread out to others’, and like the old Chinese proverb: “to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other’s children as one’s own” said the designer.
Project info:
Architects: Hsin-Chien Huang
Country: Taiwan, Taipei
Year: 2013
Photographs: Courtesy of Hsin-Chien Huang
Split Flap: Display Controlled by PLC, Digitally Printed PVC Sheets, Computers, Stainless Steel, Glass
W400 x H300 x L30 cm
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