The idea came up from the fairy tale "The Little Match Girl" . We all know that when the little gril light a match, the images of her dreams and hope showing up. What if turn this concept to a “Clicks-and-mortar” installation? For instance, allowing lighting the real match to triggers the projection mapping. We thought this would be a wonderful art device and started build it.

To compelete the device not only requires techniques but also a meaningful story . However, the original story “The Little Match Girl” is actually quite a sad story which is not the message we trying to state. The little light in the darkness could be a symbol for hope. We try to telling a story about people struggling in furstration but overcome it and the end by embracing the small light in their life .

here were two stage of the installation. First, users can grab the match and light it, which will triggers the projector runing the animation. Next, they can use their hand to interact with the particle lights on screen. There were three hand gesture with diffrent symbosl to trigger diffrent particle effects.