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SUPERSONIC TEXTURES

An interactive installation that explores the intersections between textile, body and sound. 

BA-Project Textile Design

Nominated for the sda ba award 2023

Through my installative work, the intersections of textile, sound, body and space were explored. In addition to an elaborately crafted piece of clothing - a colorful jacket made of leftover materials such as raffia, plastic, and strips of fabric - the work also includes a kind of cabin that uses mirrored surfaces to invite visitors to move around inside it with the jacket. Here, as the name of the work suggests, textile textures and sounds form the main interest: Microphones and sensors are built into the garment as well as the booth. The interaction with the space is intended to stimulate curiosity, because it is only through haptic investigation and the use of the body that the acoustic level unfolds.

Context : 6th Semester Textile Design HSLU

Tutor: Franziska Born

Date : 2023

Textile technique : Tufting, hand embroidery

Material : secondhand sourced raffia, plastic, polyester, metals, glass

Room : 117cm x 210 cm, metal frame, wood, mirror foil by Spandex Schweiz AG

Sound : Contact Microphones, Lavalier-Mic, Ableton 11 Live, activated with an ultrasonic-sensor and Arduino

Model : Rahel Ruppen

Photos : Elena Völkle

Sound and coding :  Simon Hafner, Sonja Locher

merci : Franziska Born, Simon Hafner, Elena Völkle, Rahel Ruppen, Alexandra Pfammatter, David Haas, Christof Steinmann, Bigna Suter, Simon Lanz, Luc Gut, Jennifer von Känel, Team HSLU Textile workshop, André Schuler, Spandex Schweiz AG, Team HSLU Woodworkshop, Jodie Schulthess

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