Hi, A Real Human Interface
Multitouch Barcelona (Spain, est. 2007)
2009
In this film, the concept of personal computer is imagined quite literally: Hi is a flesh-and-blood human doing a computer’s daily work inside a screened box. The human goes to sleep, opens and composes emails, unzips software updates, and interacts with the outside world via colorful icons and expressions; he also shaves, smiles, and occasionally fidgets about in boredom. Hi cleverly illustrates the extent to which computers have taken on the life-like qualities of our human companions, while also suggesting that there is a degree of poetry, of depth, that machines will never achieve.
Category: Double Entendre
Tags: Communications / Interfaces / Interactions / Liminal Spaces / Visualizations
