background
description
… investigates the relationship between the phenomenal
understanding of the body and the experience and understanding of
space. In the spirit of Lygia Clark's Máscaras sensoriais
the project asks participants to both question and contemplate their
sensory experience. …, the focus is both the effect
on and possibilities of combining sensing technologies and the body.
The project will consist of series of experimental garments/costumes
that challenge our understanding of the senses (and their
interconnectedness) and playfully question the impact of technology on
understanding everyday space.
Milestones
PHASE I: Wearable Braitenberg Vehicles
References
inspirations, aspirations
palpocilium OZO proposal
Palpocilium are large, slow-moving, simple yet social creatures. They
have no eyes, but are very sensitive to light. They respond to light
anywhere on their bodies, but have a greater concentration of
photoreceptors on their 'feelers' which they use to explore things in
more detail. Their bodies also emit light, which some believe they use
for communication, although to what extent, it is not known.
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Troglodyte
troglodyte began as an investigation in wearables and sensing, but became something else. This particular effort initially proved impractical.
Collaborators: Erik Conrad, Justyna Latek, and Josée-Anne Drolet
troglodyte \TROG-luh-dyt\, noun:
1. A member of a primitive people that lived in caves, dens, or holes; a cave dweller.
2. One who is regarded as reclusive, reactionary, out of date, or brutish.
Plato's Allegory of the Cave | diagram of Plato's cave, and an annotated version
working... Outline by Justyna [jpg, 521k]
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Á Bao A Qu
from The Book of Imaginary Being, authored by Jorge Luis Borges.
(excerpt) "If one wishes to gaze upon the most marvelous landscape in the world, one must go to the topmost story of the Tower of Victory in Chitor…
© Erik Conrad 1998-2006
