Symptom of Here

Shonte Clement, Jen de Leon, Suvash Gupta, Tyler Haws, Caroline Trotter:

Symptom of Here is an interactive audiovisual installation that responds to the toll COVID has taken on everyone. To create a new experience out of the discordance, Symptom of Here compounds individual experiences into a collective. The project utilizes a bank of words curated by the group members to articulate their own experience with the global health crisis. Each word is paired with an animated illustration inspired by the emotion it evokes. Through a midi controller synced with a monitor, the installation encourages participants to compose with the audiovisual elements. In creating this unified cacophony, the project gives way to a collective voice that rings brighter than the words themselves.