In 1999 Noriyuki Fujimura created “Remote Furniture” with the support of the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry. The piece is a public art installation of two rocking chairs that sit next to or across from each other (depending on the particular installation). The chairs remain still until the audience interacts with them. When a person sits in each chair they begin to rock back and forth. The rocking motion from one chair is sent to the other and which replicates it, creating a shared experience. The chairs are equipped with a sensor and motor to enable them to do this. The pictures of the installed chairs, I find, show a comical space of what almost appears to be dueling rocking chairs. I found this piece interesting because it uses a computer to control a physical object that people interact and I enjoyed the humorous situations it could cause if people we unaware of exactly how the chairs worked.  I think the use of chairs works great for a public piece since they are inviting and encourage interaction.

http://studioforcreativeinquiry.org/projects/remote-furniture