The Art Brain

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Commissioned to teach 400 children aged 5–9 in a single day, the project builds an interactive "Art Brain" installation that sorts paintings by emotion and uses tangible game mechanics: agent card character sheets, a magical tunnel entrance, and three feeling zones with costumed "art creatures" who ask questions. Children crawl through, mark happy/sad/angry on cards, hand them in to receive a stamp while discoveries go in a log book. It serves ~300 visitors, transfers to other museums, and demonstrably increases tactile engagement with abstract art.

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1. 0:00Introduction to Art Brain
2. 2:12Problems with traditional art galleries
3. 3:36Previous interactive art project
4. 5:25Concept of the Art Brain
5. 8:00Art creatures and interactive experience
6. 10:30Outcome and future use of Art Brain

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