Internet, Do you love me ?

Internet, Do you love me? during the exhibition Variation Show Off 2015 . Media Credit: Quentin Chevrier
Internet, Do you love me? during the exhibition Variation Show Off 2015 . Media Credit: Quentin Chevrier

Internet, Do you love me ?

In this age deeply anchored ego and narcissism, where to « like » is express instant appreciation, one question becomes fundamental. 5 little dogs with bobbing heads listen to you constantly and reassure you, as long as you ask them the right question: Do you love me? They nod. This piece, connected to the Internet, can play out anywhere in the world, as a duet, one person in one place dialoguing with another person in another place.

Transforming this toy dog with its nodding head into a smart object is both an artistic action, related to the Internet-connected ready-made, and a stupid one. Stupid, because what is the use of connecting these cute little doggies to the Internet? They react to your voice and communicate remotely; they express the degree to which the Internet has changed the world and our perspective.



2016 – Albertine Meunier

Materials

Nodding dog, Servo motor, Arduino Yun, internet, Google voice recognition, DadaPrint3R


Assistant

Bastien Didier


Programming

Sylvie Tissot / Tristan Savina


Fabrication

Albertine Meunier / Bastien Didier
Art2M Co Production



Exhibitions



Technical note

Connect each Doguinou to his box
Connect  the computer, The Doguino box and the DadaPrint3r to power
Connect the computer, the Doguinou box and the DadaPrint3r to internet
Connect the microphone to the computer and go to objet.io/est-ce-que-tu-m-aimes/
Talk and it will print your blahblah

Schematic diagram
Schematic diagram
The Doguinous, front view. Media Credit: F. Mit
The Doguinous, front view. Media Credit: F. Mit
The Doguinous, side view. Media Credit: Q. Chevrier
The Doguinous, side view. Media Credit: Q. Chevrier
Spectator reading texts
Spectator reading texts "understood" by Google Voice Recognition. Media Credit: Q. Chevrier

Restauration

Nodding Dog
Microphone
Computer
Arduino Yun . reference 
Mini imprimante . product sheet . tutorial
Thermal paper roll - 50 feet long, 2.25" wide

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