\\ SOD_project
The project SOD, for Spiders On Drugs, is based on the results of a NASA experiment.
This experiment was designed to study the influence of certain psychoactive substances on the behavior of living things. The researchers administered the test substances (marijuana, caffeine, benzedrine and chloral hydrate) to spiders and then let them weave their webs.
Patterns of each webs make visible in a graphical way the action of each studied substance.
In nature, spider webs are traps, they are used to catch unwary insects which venture to them. This project uses the graphic results of the NASA experiment to design a serie of five "retaining objects" like the spider web (fruit baskets, loose change trays, ...).
1. Normal
The normal web (sober spider) is a dense and regular pattern. The design of the web, made of concentric circles and diagonals, seems to be governed by a well-established idea.
2. Marijuana
Marijuana affects concentration of the spider. Parts of the web, especially toward the outside, so late in the making of the web, are incomplete or missing.
3. Benzedrine
Benzedrine, stimulating substance, causes great excitement in the spider. It works hard to weave his web but his haste causes significant omissions in the construction.
4. Caffeine
Caffeine greatly disturbs the spider which is no longer capable of doing anything other than a fully heterogeneous and disorderly web.
5. Chloral Hydrate
Chloral hydrate, sedative substance, slows down the actions of the spider. It falls asleep quickly without completing the making of the web. That explains the very brief appearance of this one.
Prototypes
Project exhibited at the Maison de la Vie Wallone of Liège in october 2010 during the International Design Biennial of Liège, Belgium.
Project available for manufacters.