Kinetic Rain, Joachim Sauter, 2012
“Kinetic Rain” is an installation piece by Joachim Sauter located in the Singapore Airport. There are 608 droplets made of aluminum covered with copper. The droplets are controlled by a computer hidden in the ceiling. The droplets move together, reacting and responding to each other’s movements. The installation utilizes the reflect principle as the goal of “Kinetic Rain” is to have people “contemplate and reflect despite the bust atmosphere,” as is stated on Sauter’s website. The installation also utilizes the reveal principle because it uses a space in an airport that most people pass by without a second thought. Having the installation above the escalators forces people to look around and be aware of space they wouldn’t acknowledge before.
http://www.joachimsauter.com/en/work/rain.html

Future Self, Random International, 2012
Choreography by Wayne McGregor, Music by Max Richter
“Future Self” is a beautiful installation accompanied by choreography and music. Using 3D cameras, LEDs, and brass rods, people’s figures are represented three-dimensionally as points of light on the brass rods. The lights follow the participants movements and creates a new image of the participant. This installation utilizes the reveal principle of Slow Design because an experience in our everyday life we often miss or take for granted is viewing ourselves and others. This installation enhances the view of the “self” and forces the participants to be aware of their movements (the self). The installation also utilizes the participate principle as it requires people to actively engage in movements and allowing viewers to become part of the installation if only for a brief moment. http://random-international.com/work/future-self/ 
http://waynemcgregor.com/productions/future-self

While researching the many new media artists, I realized I was most intrigued by pieces that required or encouraged participation of the viewers. Something I began thinking about was having something similar to the “Future Self” installation, but instead of using 3D cameras, it would use some type of sensors that could pick up on the person’s heat. A few years ago I saw a picture that showed how our body temperature changes depending on what emotion we are feeling. So my idea is that these sensors would pick up on these thermal signals/waves and display the person, perhaps on a wall using LEDs and would represent the person and their emotion, almost like a mirror, in which people could see what they were feeling. I think having just one mirror would be a little boring, so maybe we would have other rooms with the same set-up, except in these other rooms people would be shown a funny video that would make them laugh, or maybe a sad video that would make them cry, all of this in order to show the change in temperature based on emotion. I’m not sure if it would work, and if it doesn’t we could simply change the heat in the rooms. This project would use the reveal principle because it would demonstrate things we often miss, such as emotions and how our emotions affect us physically. It would also utilize the reflect principle because it would encourage people to reflect on their emotions and feelings, and make them more aware of what they are feeling. It might make some participants feel vulnerable having to literally come face to face with their emotions. And lastly, it would require the participate principle since it would need the viewers to become part of the artwork.

Another fantasy project I thought of was lots of strings of LEDs hanging from the ceiling, that would could move, similar to how the “Kinetic Rain” droplets move with the computer. People could wear heart beat monitors that would translate their heartbeats into the triggers for the LEDs. So the lights would mimic the beat of the person’s heart, maybe also adding onto the beat and creating “music” with visual components, The strings would move depending on how fast or slow the heart beat is, having like a pulsing wave that would move about the participants. The reason why I though about heartbeats is because in my life, many people have been affected by heart problems. Having this interactive installation would not only be fun but would also encourage people to reflect on their heart health and their overall health. This would utilize the reveal principle, we become so accustomed to our own heartbeat we mostly forget about it, and this would make us examine something we take for granted. This would also utilize the participate principle, of course since people would have to volunteer to wear the heart beat monitors.