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Close Prev Next Home Contact About Home Contact About 1 / 7 Tear Apart Here [kit], (2020) Inflatable globe, glasses, funnels, tubing, menthol cartridge, glass shadow box
“ Tear Apart Here “ is a series of wearable devices that aim to exploit the feedback loop of embodied emotion by inducing tears in the user. The prototypes have various interfaces and modes of activation, but all entail pushing air through a small cartridge of menthol crystals packed between cotton filters. When the minty vapor is directed at the eye, it causes a cool tingling sensation and varying degrees of tear production.