Being Not Truthful Always Works Against Me

I spent today at the wonderful 99% Conference and heard many inspiring talks, including one from the totally charismatic Stefan Sagmeister.  Even though it was made almost three years ago, I was really intrigued by his artwork, Being Not Truthful Always Works Against Me.

Currently housed in the Art Institute in Chicago, this collaboration with Ralph Ammer is driven by some simple software and Mac hardware. A video of a spider web is projected on the screen and as a viewer passes in front, a sensor captures the movement and degrades the web. Once the viewer is gone, just like spiders do in the real world, the web is reconstructed.