The Vending Door

Intro

The Vending Door (2022) is an interactive installation that attempts to playfully exaggerate the human curiosity of peeping things that should remain unshared.

The inner structure of the door is pure mechanical. On top of the coin entrance is an acrylic lever. It holds a string that will be pulled up when a coin is dropped on the other end of it. When the string is up, the other lever near the peephole will drop down, creating a gap where the coin will go through. The observer has about 10 seconds to see what’s on the other side of the door before the coin blocks the peephole again.

The coin will travel down the acrylic path that is designed to prolong the time of the coin dropping while creating an interesting visual where the observer can watch, like a Goldberg machine.

This is a collaborative project made with Rockey Xiaoyu Ke