work of Muhammad Akbar

Headbox

Headbox is a device for watching vertical cinema in art exhibitions, by forcing visitor to watch the full duration of the video, using automatic locking system by inserting their heads into the black box, the lock will open at the end of the video. while the visitor watch the video as spectator, they will become part of the work as performer, and also displayed as spectacle by other visitors.

Headbox. automation, wooden box, video, HD monitor. (2017)

Headbox on display with people as spectator, “Re-Emergence” at Selasar Sunaryo Artspace 

screenshots of the video inside Headbox

Headbox, on idle situation (no people watching the video)