Investigating attachment as an emergent property
Piece in conversation
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Drawing from ecological systems and their relationality, “Interlinked” project models attachment in both coupled matter and coupled bodies.
Attachment becomes a system governed by constraint, force and coordinated action. The project uses wearables to show relational states when bodies and materials become mechanically interdependent.
Project Overview
System thinking: Material and relational attachments
Adopting systems thinking to model relationships as micro-ecologies rather than symbolic bonds
Prototype: Rings as Joinery
The rings require motion from both individuals to lock in and out. However, the rings simultaneously trap both participants through the very connection that binds them. This is only revealed if one attempt to leave. Interlocked explores the idea of ownership and commitment present in human relations, and how our views of love create restrictions.
Micro investigation: The presence of absence
The space between us: Capturing space with hands
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The space between us: Capturing space with wax
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