Kenny J Smith

My exhibit is based on King Dick the lion, the first animal in the Wellington zoo. I am retelling King Dick’s story, in particular how his taxidermied body has deteriorated while on display from decades of people wanting to touch and pat him. To preserve the lions body it is currently inside a glass case, shut away from the hands of the public.

I have decided to create a model replica of King Dick that the public are allowed to touch, sensors and buttons inside it will control different video, images and information on a screen.

The first real-time media project uses a hacked computer mouse, so here is a link to an Accelerometer Mouse.