Digital Art Displays

Personal Displays

Each bedroom in Haven House and each apartment at Cloud Nine Studios has a 55-inch digital art display with a custom frame handmade from birdseye maple by a local master woodworker.

These can be used in four ways, with each successive method exhibiting more control and self-efficacy:

• Art selections updated by therapists or others (see Curated Spaces)
• Art they choose from a curated collection (see Décor Library)
• Art found on their own
• Art they make themselves (see Journey Nexus)

While these displays also function as televisions, their art display capabilities can substantially reduce television viewing, encouraging other more active pursuits instead.

This is because a normal television, when off, is not only a bland eyesore, but also a temptation. When humans see the large, dark, blank screen, we see an object in its unused and unrealized state, all too aware that it can be "fixed" and replaced with color and visual interest at the press of a button.

However, when these displays are in art mode, between the matte finish screen and the natural wood frame, the illusion is very convincing. The device is perceived as a framed work of art, which is a fully realized and functional object that requires no further interaction, not a television begging to be turned on.

Digital Triptych

Furthermore, the living room at Haven House has a digital triptych—a collection of three screens that can display coordinated art images. This is a major component of the Curated Spaces modality, as changing such a large and complex piece of art brings a dramatic change to the room.