“Shelter”

Script Writing · Robotic Code (Arduino) · 3D Model (Laser Cut)

Laser-cut scrap wood, assembled to create a 3D model home. Lighting is wired with LED lights via Arduino, as well as the speaker. Lights are coded to flash along with the audio. Coffee filters are used as curtains in the house.

What seems at first glance like a haunted house with a monster terrorizing a family inside, this piece explores the taboo subject of abuse in the home. Media classically portrays abuse as “stranger danger” and rarely addresses the statistics, which show that 90% of children are abused by someone they know and trust. The audio projecting from the house is the first-person account of a little girl living in a house where a monster terrorizes the family occupying it. The LED lights flash from inside the home throughout different rooms as the story progresses.