milk'Em
World Maker Faire 2017
MAKER
Vivian T. Lee
Vivian T. Lee is currently a graduate student in Parson's Design and Technology program. With a background in animation, she aims to create works that combines storytelling and technology. To achieve her goal, she is focusing on installation pieces, as well as physical computing projects.
milk'Em is an interactive play experience that was inspired by a story Vivian is developing called Olive You. The story teaches its viewers about the mistreatment of factory farm animals, and the origin food products. Penelope, the cow, is a Neapolitan flavored, meaning that she can produce chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry flavored milk to be used for ice cream.
What inspired you to make this project?:
milk'Em was inspired by a story I was developing called "Olive You". I was inspired to write "Olive You" because I wanted to create a playful and humorous story as a way of documenting my experience working at an ice cream shop. In the story, there are cows that live in an underground terrarium who produce ice cream for the in-world ice cream shop. I wanted the story to bring a light to the mistreatment of factory farm animals as well as teach viewers about food production.
