This project explores the feeling of intimacy through a motion activated, responsive exhibition board. This board uses Arduino, a string of 100 individually programmable lights, a rotary encoder, and two distance sensors to monitor where the two users are standing in relation to the board and how comfortable they are with the distance between each other. The lights respond to these inputs, creating a visual representation of the feeling of comfort and the sensation of closeness through changes in the LED light colors.

Fiber optics were used in this project to propagate the light from the LED string and create the artistic effects of movements and density. As the two users come closer together, the lights behind them turn off, leaving only what is between them. As the users indicate decreased comfort, the colors of the lights change from a soft blue to an aggressive red. Experiments were also taken into altering the rate at which the lights flash based on comfort. This project represents the beginning of an exploration into how light and the alterations of it can represent human sensations.