51 THE DESIGN MUSEUM
28-10-2023
28-10-2023
I experienced artist Fyodor Pavlov-Andreevich's work "Antifurniture" at the Design Museum.
This work has many messages that the author wanted to convey, but the part that interests me the most is about generating interaction and communication between people.
The first experience was a seesaw. The difference between this and the seesaw you play on everyday is that it's a reverse sitting design, which means you don't get to see and interact with the person you're playing with, and people are even encouraged to close their eyes to play. This is where the sense of unease is heightened so much that you have to completely trust your companion who could also be a stranger, I feel it's like the drawbridge effect where you experience unease and fear together. Even though you know in your heart that there is no danger, you still need to muster up the courage to leave your back to the other person to trust them, and at the same time you are in control of the other person's feelings, and he needs to trust you as well.This is the time when the connection between you is established.This is the one I feel most strongly about.
Then there's this ladder-like piece, and when you go into this piece together, the three of you feel this different level of fear, and you can't stop communicating your feelings. Especially when you are at the top, because there is no protection and it is very high, you are just sitting on a flat surface with no fence around you, and the only thing you can hold on to is the support in the middle. At this point, the anxiety reaches the top, and also prompts a person to stop talking and communicating their feelings to the person below them. Then a three-person connection is established.
It was the first time I intuitively felt how a piece of design can prompt connection and communication between people.
This work has many messages that the author wanted to convey, but the part that interests me the most is about generating interaction and communication between people.
The first experience was a seesaw. The difference between this and the seesaw you play on everyday is that it's a reverse sitting design, which means you don't get to see and interact with the person you're playing with, and people are even encouraged to close their eyes to play. This is where the sense of unease is heightened so much that you have to completely trust your companion who could also be a stranger, I feel it's like the drawbridge effect where you experience unease and fear together. Even though you know in your heart that there is no danger, you still need to muster up the courage to leave your back to the other person to trust them, and at the same time you are in control of the other person's feelings, and he needs to trust you as well.This is the time when the connection between you is established.This is the one I feel most strongly about.
Then there's this ladder-like piece, and when you go into this piece together, the three of you feel this different level of fear, and you can't stop communicating your feelings. Especially when you are at the top, because there is no protection and it is very high, you are just sitting on a flat surface with no fence around you, and the only thing you can hold on to is the support in the middle. At this point, the anxiety reaches the top, and also prompts a person to stop talking and communicating their feelings to the person below them. Then a three-person connection is established.
It was the first time I intuitively felt how a piece of design can prompt connection and communication between people.
