025S’s first exhibition, “FLASH”
FLASH
Photo kiosk · Kaleidoscope installation
N/A GALLERY, 2F–3F, Euljiro, Seoul
2022.06.12 – 07.03
The first exhibition by 025S, a fragrance brand named after the 0.25 seconds it takes to perceive a scent.
We built a photo kiosk to take today home as a photograph, and a kaleidoscope installation that endlessly reflects scenes of scent.
From hazy memories
to a vivid moment
“FLASH” captured memories of moments through fragrance, photographs and letters. Two rooms connected by the third-floor corridor offered different experiences: one let visitors take a portrait home, while the other invited them to look through a small opening into a kaleidoscope of repeating scent-inspired scenes.
A · From photograph to print, within one booth
01Touch the screen to beginStart your session inside the white booth.
02Look at the camera and posePose using the preview and countdown.
03Choose a frame and quantityReview the result, with the option to retake it.
04Collect your printed photoYour photo, in the selected frame, comes out into the tray below.
Today’s flash
in a single photograph
Open the curtain, enter the booth and touch the screen to start the camera preview and countdown. Review the photograph, then choose one of three frames and the number of prints. Retake it if you wish; tap Print and collect the photograph from the tray below.
Open the curtain and touch the screenEnter the booth and touch the screen to start your session.
Look at the camera and poseLook toward the camera above and pose with the countdown.
Choose your result and printChoose a frame and quantity, or retake the photograph, then collect your print.
The frame chosen on screen becomes a photograph in your hands
We connected the photo-selection interface to a physical printer. The frame and quantity selected on the touchscreen determine the printed result, which visitors collect inside the booth without moving to a separate pickup point.
Through a small opening,
scenes of scent unfold endlessly
The metal cube in the center of the white room has a small viewing hole on each of its four sides. Look inside and the screen’s imagery reflects between triangular mirrors, forming a kaleidoscope with sixfold symmetry. Four mirror tunnels form a cross within the cube. Move from one side to another to discover different scenes of scent.
Walk around the cube to find a viewing holeWalk around the cube and find the small opening on each side.
Look through the openingScenes of scent unfold in sixfold symmetry as you look through the opening.
Mirror tunnels in a cross formationScreens at the ends of the mirror tunnels show different scenes through each opening.
From choosing the mirrors
to building the cube’s interior
We compared six mirror arrangements in simulation, selected a triangular tunnel, and checked the visible field with a prototype. We then arranged four units in a cross inside the cube and designed the layout of both rooms, including the photo booth.
Two ways to preserve a moment
Credits
- Client
- 025S
- Exhibition
- 025S’s first exhibition, “FLASH”
N/A GALLERY, 2F–3F, Euljiro, Seoul · June 12–July 3, 2022 - Custom photo kiosk fabrication
Photography and printing software - KNOVCOMPILE
- Kaleidoscope structure design, fabrication and installation
- KNOVCOMPILE
- Scent imagery for the kaleidoscope · Print frame design
- ORKR
- Photography
- 025S · ORKR · KNOVCOMPILE