06 / Undergraduate project
Virus Experience Hall
A speculative exhibition and service that questions how people might relate to illness in a future where viral diseases have largely been overcome.
- Context
- Undergraduate academic project · Media Arts and Design
- Discipline
- Exhibition Concept / Speculative Design
- Focus
- Speculative exhibition and service experience
- Output
- Exhibition concept, fictional service kit, storyboard
01 / The scenario & research
Imagine illness as a future experience.
Virus Experience Hall asks how people might relate to illness in a future where viral diseases have largely been overcome. Research into medical history, emerging technologies, the experience economy and museums informed a speculative venue that combines disease education with a provocative service: choosing to experience illness and recovery.
02 / Service & artifacts
Make a fictional service tangible.
The proposal translates that scenario into a visitor journey and a set of physical artifacts. Exhibition displays introduce viruses, while forms, a disclaimer, capsules and an atomizer make the fictional personalized service tangible. Fabricated components and a staged photographic storyboard document each touchpoint, from viewing the exhibition to the imagined treatment experience.
03 / Workshop feedback
Use feedback to clarify the journey.
Workshop feedback helped make the service easier to understand. A nurse questioned an injection wristband and suggested oral capsules and clearer risk information; a visitor preferred selectable options to writing open-ended requirements. The exploration uses these details to raise questions about bodily autonomy, health values and the ethics of turning illness into an experience.
Project details
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Contact
Based in London, United Kingdom
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