Cave formation begins when rainwater absorbs carbon dioxide as it falls through the atmosphere. Rain water must have carbon dioxide to become acidic. It must be acidic to chemically react to the limestone bedrock. Rainwater is absorbed by the soil into the ground.
The water reacts chemically with limestone and slowly a larger and larger space will form.
As the space becomes larger and larger the water can flow through. As it flows it erodes . Physical erosion washes away rock and sand. This is what makes a cave larger and forms an underground stream. Finally over hundreds of thousands of years or even millions of years the cave is formed.
My installation allows the viewer to experience what it would be like to form a cave, and for the cave to move and adjust around them, an experience which is not possible within the cave itself. The motion sensing technology detects the viewer and their movements around the space and will react to their movement. The viewer upon entry is informed that the cave will form around them because they are the chemical water which erodes limestone.
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