Offering (2024)
Materials
Plywood, plastic, clay, acrylic paint, Arduino Nano 33 IoT, LED screen
Dimensions
21 x 12 inches
Skills
Woodworking, Soft Clay, 3D Printing, p5.js, Adruino, Circuiting, Sensors (RFID, Pressure, Conductive), AI Text-to-Image Generation.
"Offering" is an interactive installation that reimagines the traditional Korean ancestor tribute ritual, Jesa (제사). Using RFID tags, force-sensing resistors, and conductivity sensors connected to an Arduino microcontroller, the installation activates a live JavaScript interface where the ancestor “consumes” offerings with audio-visual feedback—munching and slurping sounds triggered as each offering is detected. By deconstructing traditional patriarchal practices, "Offering" presents a provocative reinterpretation of cultural memory and ritual exchange. Through the digitization of this gendered, labor-intensive ritual, the artwork critically explores the intersections of antiquity, femininity, corporeality, and spirituality in a contemporary context.
[Link to Documentation]