Monsters
"Monsters" is an ongoing urbanSTEW art project in which participants answer a series true-or-false questions on a variety of issues. Each response generates a sound or image so that, as participant progress through the interaction, an monster unique to their fears and values crystallizes through audio/visual feedback presented to them. The interaction is envisioned for multiple platforms, including a website, mobile phone application, and live installation piece. The questions themselves are selected using artificial intelligence algorithms that attempt to maximize the provocativeness of the questions for each user. With this project, we seek to disrupt the normal relationship between audience and artwork so that the participant’s engagement is both receptive and generative.