This document proposes an interactive art installation called "Personal Space: Crossing Digital Boundaries" that explores the concept of personal space in the digital realm. Viewers can physically interact with and affect the movements of a projected digital person. The piece is inspired by precedents that examine blurred lines between virtual and real, user physical interaction, and how viewer actions impact outcomes. Next steps include prototyping the technology, choosing an environment, and determining the digital person's movements and interaction triggers.

1. Personal Space : Crossing Digital Boundaries - Project Proposal -

2. Concept “Personal Space: Crossing Digital Boundaries” is an interactive installationpiecewhere viewers can physically interact and effect the movements of a projected person

3. Questions • What does personal space mean in the digital realm? • How can we define our boundaries of personal digital space? • Do our interactions with people differ in a digital environment versus a actual place? • What are the consequences of our behavior when we cross these “digital boundaries”?

4. Precedents Chris Sugrue : Delicate Boundaries (2007) View ProjectSite

5. Precedents ART+COM: De-Viewer (1992) View Video View ProjectSite

6. Precedents Human Connectedness: Portrait of Cati(2001) View Video View ProjectSite

7. Points of Interest Derived from the Precedents • The theme of blurred lines between the virtual and real • User’s physical interaction with the installation • The viewer’s actions effect the outcome of the piece • Elements of honest human behavior and reaction

8. Initial Prototype

9. Initial Sketch

10. User Scenario

11. Next Steps • Investigate the best technologies to use by creating prototypes using jitter, processing, and oF • Decide between an IR camera and simple motion detection • Look at possible environments for this installation: How does the context of the piece change if it is presented in a public place versus a gallery space? • Choose someone to be my “digital human” and decide what types of movement they will do, and what actions will be the triggers

12. Thank you.