Klofno Books is a collection of three interactive wooden books that continue the pattern through which aboriginal dreamtime stories were passed down the generations, but through a new channel: using haptic, visual and interactive elements. The reader takes on their own interpretation of these myths.

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The artefacts contain no text. Each book engages a tale about a prominent celestial body (the Moon, Stars and Sun) offering different sensory experiences.

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200x200mm , Wood Planks

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#1 : Interactive Pieces + Slide up Front Cover.

Front - Moon / Back - Plane

#2 : Interactive Light + Fold-out Pages.

Front - Pleiades / Back - Orion's Belt and Sword

#3 : Interactive Sound.

Front - Plane / Back - Sun

 

#1 - The Moon

Bahloo the Moon and the Daens by K. Langloh Parker - read/listen here.

Keywords: One moon, 3 Snakes (death adder, black snake, tiger snake), 12 Aborigine, One Creek, Plank, Stone, Death.

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Interactive Moving Parts :

• moon and its three halos (each with a snake) rotating and sliding up from the cover frame

• the plank "floating" in the creek

The moon sliding up represents the start of the tale. Thus, the story continues while the moon is above and present at all times.

 

#2 - The Stars

Where the Frost Comes From by K. Langloh Parker - read here.

Keywords: 7 Meamei Sisters; Icicles; The Berai-Berai boys; Bees; Wurrunnah; Pleiades; Orion's Sword and Belt; Venus; Corroborees Dance; Septum; Ice; Rain.

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Interactive Lights :

• 1 (Front Cover) - Pleiades (Reverse Proximity Sensor*)

• 2 (Panel's Back) - Fire and 2 captive Meamei Sisters (Reverse Proximity Sensor - fade flickering lights)

• 3 (Panel's Back) - Pleiades (Reverse Proximity Sensor - twinkle flickering lights)

• 4 (Panel's Back) - Orion's Sword and Belt (Reverse Proximity Sensor - heartbeat flickering lights)

• 7 (Back Cover) - Orion's Sword and Belt (Reverse Proximity Sensor)

Fold-Up Panels :

• 5 (Panel's Front) - Corroborees & Pleaides' Snow

• 6 (Panel's Front) - Snow & Pleiades' Rain

* Reverse Proximity Sensor - Default: LEDs ON / Motion, Proximity, Light: LEDs OFF

 

#3 - The Sun

How the Sun was Made by K. Langloh Parker - read here.

Keywords: Emu; Brolga; Egg (Yolk); Heap of Firewood; Spirits; Morning Star; Laughing Jackass; Sun.

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Interactive Sound :

Back Cover - Laughing Jackass (Light Sensor in the bird's eye - triggers the sound when the page is viewed)

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