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Projects
Three Legged Chair
Thanussayan Karunakaran
XR Prototyping Zone
Interactive Documentary, Experimental Installation, Neurointeractive / Biofeedback
Germany,
Sri Lanka
4–20 min
English,
Tamil (Sri Lanka)
Themes
Complicity, Justice, Collective Memory, Post-conflict Society, Group Decision-making, Consensus-building
Project Stage
Prototype
Estimated Release
2026
Logline
Set in post-war Sri Lanka, "Three Legged Chair" is an EEG-driven interactive cinema installation. Viewers wear headbands that read brain activity in real time. The system aggregates the audience into one collective emotional state, which drives the branching and selects the next scene. The audience decides without deciding.
Credits
Director
Thanussayan Karunakaran
Germany
Production Company
IFS Internationale Filmschule Köln
Confirmed Partners
ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln — MA thesis production, equipment and post-production support.
Project Representatives
Thanussayan Karunakaran
he/him
Director
Thanussayan Karunakaran is an artistic researcher and designer working across narrative, social practice, and emerging technologies. He builds live, participatory installations that make political tensions tangible in shared spaces.
