Multi-sensorial Sculptures
Interactive, participatory &
Inclusive,
Prototyping,
Material exploration,
Arduino,
Pure Data
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team
OCAD University:
Nikkie To
Grace Mendez
Österlen Skolan för Konst och Design:
Solo Projects
PD & Arduino Assessment:
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duration
Multiple projects between
2018-2022
OCAD University:
Multi Sensory Studio Course
Österlen Skolan för konst och Design: Individual Projects.
Series of interactive, inclusive and participatory sculptures. These challenge the predominant visual interaction to art through interactive multi sensorial experiences that allow for the visitor to become an essential part of the complete artistic piece.
páramo (2022)
Final project at Österlenskolan för Konst och Design. The sound files come from different rivers and creeks in Colombian paramos.
Exhibited at Galleri 21 between June 3-19, 2022.
Materials:
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Clay
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Conductive Paint
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Arduino & Necessary Wiring
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Acrylic paint
Avtryck exhibition
lulo (2021)
Individual project at Österlenskolan för Konst och Design. This piece was designed for being in a dark room. The visitor is encouraged to explore the contents of the piece with their hands. Furthermore, before entering the dark room, the visitor is given a drink of Lulo juice, to further enhance the multi-sensoriality of the piece.
The sound files correspond to three ambient sounds of the city of Bogotá, Colombia. These were recorded for a project titled Bogotá Fonográfica.
Materials:
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Clay
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Conductive Paint
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Arduino & Necessary Wiring
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Plants
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Lulo Juice
jar of apricots (2018)
Group work for the course Multi Sensory Studio Course at OCAD University in Toronto, Canada. The task was to create a multi-sensorial translation of the existing art piece titled The Jar of Apricots by Jean-Siméon Chardin (1758).
The translation was used at an inclusive exhibition for the blind and visually impaired at the AGO in Toronto, Canada. For this piece, the objects on the painting were 3D printed and painted them with conductive paint. Once the visitor touched each object (sensor), a representative sound of each would produce. For example, when the visitor touched the 3D model of the glass of wine, the sound of pouring wine into a glass. We also included scented traits, each representative of each object on the painting and even some apricot-taste candy.
Since I was in Sweden during the duration of the course, I designed the sensors used for the translation and instructed my classmates in Toronto how to implement it. Below, a video explaining how these work:
