# Afterlife

year: 2011
medium: recycled e-waste, custom electronic circuit, microcontroller, lamp, steel, monitor
dimensions: size 36cm(L) * 20cm(W) * 29cm(H) _ height of stand variable

\[ Afterlife ver. 1.0 ] 生命值量化1.0

\{ 現實世界的生命 \<--裝置--> 虛擬世界的生命 }

“想像生命就只是簡單的生命，無關於大小，形體，比例......”

收集現實世界的生命，再將生命轉入虛擬的遊戲世界；遊戲中主要角色的生命與裝置收集到的生命數量相對等，裝置本身成為真實與虛擬生命之間的中介容器，裝置經由終結昆蟲生命的數量會藉由裝置上的顯示器以總累計數值的方式顯示，並對等轉生至遊戲中，成為昆蟲角色的生命量，反之當觀眾進行遊戲時所損失的生命數量也會減少裝置的收集總數，當顯示器的總數達到0時，遊戲則無法進行，裝置會要求等待收集新的生命。

“Life is simply life; it has nothing to do with size, form, or scale.”

In this project, I explore the scale of life by allowing the work to collect lives and transfer them into a virtual environment, creating a kind of afterlife. The virtual environment is a game called “Life Invader”. On the device, a display shows the amount of life collected by the installation, and this amount becomes the hero’s life in the game. So if a visitor plays the game and the hero loses life, the number on the display decreases. When the number reaches “0”, the installation itself has to collect new lives before the game can continue.

Real life from the physical world  \<—>  Afterlife in the virtual environment