samir bhowmik museumnext 2014 light is history helsinki finland

Light is HistoryA Community Participated Museum Installation

@Samir_BhowmikMedia Lab Helsinki

MuseumNext 2014

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COMMUNITY SHARING

WELLBEING

ENERGY USE

WELLBEING

HERITAGE ENERGY =

HERITAGE ENERGY  = MUSIC

PRIVATE PUBLIC

MIESTEN VUORO (STEAM OF LIFE) 2010

SAUNA STOVE

MAN WITH STORIES

“I have cried, laughed, loved, broke up, been quiet, thought loud, partied, been alone and with ten people, sang, told secrets, composed poems and music in the sauna. When the stove says tsssh, the mind says tsssh. The steam is hot and the stones are beautiful..... sauna is my thing”

ELECTRIC SAUNA

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ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION336 KwH per Year

energy savings

energy artifact

Home

FIRST PROTOTYPE MEDIA OF ENERGY & EMOTIONS EXHIBITION 2013

energy savings publishing

energy artifact narrative

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+Home

+ app & web portal + microprocessor

+ repository

FIRST PROTOTYPE MEDIA OF ENERGY & EMOTIONS EXHIBITION 2013

energy savings publishing

energy artifact narrative

lighttherapy

display

+

+Home

Public

+ app & web portal + microprocessor

+ repository

FIRST PROTOTYPE MEDIA OF ENERGY & EMOTIONS EXHIBITION 2013

A MOBILE APP FOR SHARING ENERGY

October 23, 2012

YODEU! Light is History

Date Units inkWh

Your DailyDifference

29th

28th 2.45 -0.44

27th 2.01 +2.43

HELSINKIKALLIO

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"This globe is a gift from one of our dear friend, who knew that both of us like globes. He found it in a flea market. For us, it is a symbol of traveling, which is the most cherished hobby. This great hobby will become less of a delight when cheap oil runs out. The globe and its warm 80s-style lighting in addition brings back memories of our childhood”

ILLUMINATED GLOBE

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ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION6 KwH per Year

“I got this toothbrush as a gift to myself. The wish of possessing such a thing came from my personal consciousness about my teeth (yeah, I like smiling and I do it a lot!). This brush works perfectly: it is much more effective in cleaning, comparing to mechanical brushes. What I also appreciate is that it allows me to be lazy, especially in the morning time, i.e. it does the job literally by itself, with its own power (electric)!”

ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH

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ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION0,4 KwH per Year

SALORA ORTHOPERSPECTA“My father purchased this time of high-tech equipment, Salora Orthoperspecta Radio with speakers in the early 1970s. I got it for my personal use at age 6, some fifteen years later. As a child and as a young girl in Rovaniemi my radio launched a world of events, stories, and especially music into my room……”lightishistory.tumblr.com

ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION20 KwH per Year

AN INSTALLATION FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS

ENERGY COMPANY DUMPSTER - HELSINKI

THE ALTERNATIVE VITRINE

THE LIGHT BOX & THE VITRINE

COMMERCIAL METER

HOUSEHOLD METER

BUILDING IN THE LAB

ARDUINO MICROPROCESSORS

ONSITE COMPUTING

LED STRIPS

RECYCLED WOOD

APPROX. 10 000 LUXCOMPARABLE TO ANY COMMERCIAL PRODUCT

THE LIGHT BOX

THE VITRINEIMAGE OF THE ARTIFACTS

HISTORYPERSONAL NARRATIVES

OPENING DAY

POP-UP MUSEUM

LIGHT THERAPY

LIGHT THERAPY LIGHT THERAPY

LIGHT THERAPY

LEARNING ABOUT ENERGY USE

POSING FOR THE CAMERAS

DAILY MEET-UPS FOR ENERGY TALKS

THE OTHER CHRISTMAS TREE

BARELY LEGAL

MUSEUM VISIT AT -10 C

SCHOOL VISIT DURING SNOW -STORM

BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER

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