What if you leave your Last Words in 10min?
What would you write if you leave a message for your loved one, at the very last moment of your life? We use TypeTrace, a software that record and replay the process of writing, to collect multitude of Last Words from the public.
The time limit is 10 minutes. Let us know your #10minLastWords.
Exhibition at the Ars Electronica 2020 Tokyo Garden
Originally exhibited at the Aichi Triennale 2019, this installation consisted of more than 2,000 writing processes of last words collected anonymously on the Internet. For the occasion of ARS ELECTRONICA 2020 / TOKYO GARDEN （2020.9.9~13）, we present an online exhibition of "Last Words / TypeTrace" with newly collected Last Words. While the previous version had collected texts from mostly Japanese audience, this time people from outside Japan contributed. We asked them to especially reflect upon their view on life and death in the post-COVID-19 era.
How to Write
| Step1 | Decide who to send your last words |
| Step2 | Think of what you want to convey |
| Step3 | Write within 10 minutes |
※ Supported browsers are Chrome and Safari only. You cannot submit nor play back correctly the last words on other browsers.
Archive
LastWords/TypeTrace Production Team
| Artist | dividual inc. (Takumi Endo, Dominique Chen) |
| Technical Director | Shinya Matsuyama (siro) |
| Editor | Yusuke Ujita (Thinking) |