Cathartic User Interface (CUI)

Cathartic User Interface (CUI), 1995/2000
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Cathartic User Interface (CUI), 1995/2000
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Cathartic User Interface (CUI), 1995/2000
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Cathartic User Interface (CUI), 1995/2000
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Cathartic User Interface 1.0 and 2.0 (CUI) are interactive,
multi-participant installations that allow users to quickly and
effectively work through their conflicting emotions concerning the
benevolent yet pernicious influences of computer technology on their lives. Users pitch mouselike balls at a wall covered with obsolete PC keyboards, triggering an array of multimedia projections and sounds dealing with the more troubling and problematic aspects of technology. A ramp at the bottom returns the balls to the users for maximum cathartic effect.

(Perry Hoberman)