"The Looking Glass" is an interactive, technologically driven art installation designed to foster reflection on our mediated relationship with nature. The installation comprises two distinct natural locations within Maajaam, connected through real-time digital streaming and immersive soundscapes. At one location, a discreet weatherproof camera will continuously capture and stream live visuals of the surrounding natural environment. This video stream is then displayed remotely on a weatherproof screen situated at a second location within the natural landscape.
Visitors at the viewing site experience an intriguing paradox: though physically immersed in nature, their direct sensory engagement is mediated and reshaped through technology. By gently tapping a weather-resistant sensor beneath the screen, visitors activate carefully recorded, layered soundscapes of the original camera location—including subtle environmental sounds such as rustling leaves, bird songs, insects, flowing water, and wind—creating a rich, multi-sensory experience.
Powered sustainably by integrated solar panels, the installation is environmentally sensitive, designed for minimal ecological disruption. All equipment is visually discreet, installed using non-invasive methods, and carefully integrated into the landscape.
"The Looking Glass" gently and playfully invites visitors to contemplate the complexity and contradictions inherent in our relationship with technology and nature. Through interactive visual and auditory immersion, the installation highlights how technology simultaneously distances and intimately connects us with our environment, prompting visitors to reconsider perceptions of proximity, presence, and authenticity in our hyper-connected yet physically detached contemporary lives.