IN PROCESS – Plusea

Monstersalat

admin — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 23:58:56 +0000

Spaghettimonster >> https://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=9137
Bandsalat >> https://github.com/clockdiv/Spaghettimonster/

Sensitive Puppets

admin — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:24:00 +0000

A collection of wearable textile sensors for exploring playful interactions between bodies, body-parts and environment. Each puppet makes use of different textile sensing techniques constructed by combining conductive, piezoresistive and non-conductive materials.

Sensitive Puppets >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157713930789442

Monstersalat >> https://www.plusea.at/?p=7201

beautiful things

admin — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:47:36 +0000

< a song for bela >

i’ve been documenting
all my life in dark black ink

you’ve been capturing me
all this while in your fiberous means

we’ve been collaborating
for so long that i failed to see

now we’re discussing
how to continue this beautiful thing

all the things that we make
we make in order to communicate
stories we want to tell
the ones that he doesn’t know so well

he’s been struggling
fifteen years to manage his team

they’re developing
a tool for us to make beautiful things

soon they’re releasing
the version that includes 3D things

all the things that they make
they make in order to communicate
stories they want to tell
the ones that she does not know so well

she’s been crocheting
late at night that her eyes are dim

surrounded by things that she likes
her hands love playing with fibers and spikes

all the things that she makes
she makes in order to communicate
stories she wants to tell
the ones that you don’t know so well

you’ve been jumping
up and and up and up and down

with every leap that you take
you transport us to a super soft space

all the things that you make
you make in order to communicate
stories you want to tell
the ones that i don’t know so well

soft walk socks

admin — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:43:06 +0000

my longest running unfinished idea.

JOY SLIPPERS (2007)
>> http://www.joyslippers.plusea.at/

WIRELESS JOY SLIPPERS
>> https://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=565

SCONIC INSOLES
>> https://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=6927

SOLE SENSING
>> https://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=8305

SOFT WALK SOCKS (2021)
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157718580873631

I Scream Your Scream

admin — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:37:40 +0000

>> https://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=8704
Flickr set >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157677471035377

mask option 1:

mask option 2:

mask option 3:

Initial sketches for the masks:

i scream your scream

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 21:58:00 +0000

Making of >> https://www.kobakant.at/DIY/?p=8704
Flickr set >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157677471035377

mask option 1:

mask option 2:

mask option 3:

Initial sketches for the masks:

Capturing Process

admin — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 19:21:00 +0000

Over the years I’ve noticed my interest in capturing the process of exploration into materials. It has been my means of learning about new materials and concepts and has lead me to realize works, and increasingly it itself has become the subject of my interest.

The following is an attempt to turn this experience and interest into an overview of ways of capturing process…

>>>>>> WORK IN PROGRESS >>>>>

READINGS
Lists draw things together and allow us to forge connections between divergent items, placing them under a logic that is all our own. This seemed to be what so fascinated Sontag about the form. By making lists, she wrote, ‘I perceive value, I confervalue, I create value, I even create—or guarantee—existence.’4 This is strong language from someone not prone to exaggeration. — List Cultures
>> https://assets.ctfassets.net/4wrp2um278k7/1gro2K2Ya4uK4Ys4Ac0aog/ef412a19c441847ee2adb660131922c0/9789048530670_-_Look_Inside.pdf

You are working on a project and want not only to document the outcome of your process, but also capture the journey of the process itself?
This post is an attempt at collecting ideas for how to go about doing
this.

A process journal can take many forms, most important is to start
collecting things as soon as possible and to simply do so continuously.
The act of capturing your process should not necessarily be much extra
work, though in the beginning it can take effort to make it routine.

DECISIONS

Some decisions you will need to make before getting started:

A NAME

The name of your process journal need not be the same as your project
title or your working title. But it can be.

If your project is called ‘’’From Dirt to Control’’’ then you could call
your process:
Making-of: From Dirt to Control
From Dirt to Control (behind the scenes)
Process-journal: From Dirt to Control
You could also choose something generic like:
Process #001
Process 2020/04/15
Or:
Exploring Dirt and Control
A Research into Dirt and Control
Your options are limitless…

It can be very motivating to pick a title that you like, so do take some
time to think about something. But also don’t take too long. You can
always change it later…

FORMAT(S)

What kind of *stuff* will you be doing, making, thinking? Will you be
sketching, writing, making physical models, 3D models, collecting links,
bibliographies, taking pictures, videos, audio recordings…… You can
choose one or many formats, and you can change/adjust to what works best
for the process as the project develops.

PLATFORM(S)

If you choose to make your process public, then you should find a
platform, or platforms for publishing your format to. These days, The
Internet is the place all things end up…. and there are many platforms
to use, ranging from making your own blog or website or using a photo or
video service.

Here are a list of tools that you could consider: >>
http://hyperdramatik.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Websites

PRIVATE <————> PUBLIC

How private or public do you want it to be? At least for the start,
since you can change this later.

Advantages of keeping it private

– if you are not used to sharing so much of yourself and your process,
then this might make it easier for you *to be yourself not judge
what you share and what not.

Advantages of making it public

– other people will see your process as it is unfolding and have a
change to comment and exchange ideas with you.
– knowing that other people will see what you are doing might motivate
you to post regular content and become more and more diligent about
capturing more and more detail.
– knowing that other people are looking, might also force you to parse
things before you share them, this being a moment for you to see and
reflect on what you are doing.

FINDING ROUTINE?

Finding/making a routine of capturing your process is not easy and
should not be underestimated. In the beginning you have to
manage/balance try different FORMATS and PLATFORMS while also forcing
yourself to stick to something for at least a while to see the results.
For some it works to simply capture and document live (in real-time)
along the way.
Others like to set aside some time each day to write-up, photograph or
record a video.
And others prefer to do it once a week.

HOW CREATIVE CAN I BE?

Definitely BE CREATIVE and experimental about capturing your process!
It depends on how important the process documentation is, and what you
want to get out of it. Is it simply to show others your journey from
start to end? Is it a reflective tool for yourself to observe your
process and learn how you work. Is it a creative act in itself to be
investigating your creative process in order to turn it into a process
of its own? Think about these things in order to weigh and decide how
much you think you should be spending on this part of your process.

EXAMPLES

Stream of Consciousness

Simply writing or collecting notes together into a long chunk of text in
order to capture the development of thoughts.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48280073071_0da5d60e2d.jpg

Writing Letters

And publishing them on twitter with a hashtag #dearFutureKobaCustomer:
>> https://twitter.com/hashtag/dearFutureKobaCustomer?src=hashtag_click
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157703356103685
https://live.staticflickr.com/7877/32496146177_ed6008eef1_c.jpg

Collecting Samples & Taking Notes

Collecting samples and taking notes and then, at various points in the
process, arranging them on a large surface in various orderings in order
to look back on what one has made.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7895/47438075691_a6d72ffbdc_b.jpg
Using stop-motion animation to show the unfolding of the process:
video >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu36vtVU6FA&feature=emb_logo

Mind-maps

Use pen&paper or a software tool to arrange your thinking in a mind-map.

Diagramming

Taking the time to illustrate your ideas as diagrams. These can be
updated/remade over time to show a progression in thought.
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5087/5283342391_9a6daa35e5_z.jpg
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2854/33432374485_22fe63aa40.jpg

KNOLLING

>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sachs_(artist)#Knolling
>>
https://theultralinx.com/2013/09/50-amazing-examples-knolling-photography/
https://theultralinx.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_500/MTI5MDI2MzE0NTkzMzY1OTg2/tumblr_mn9b2esdjo1qzcumdo1_500.webp

https://live.staticflickr.com/7826/46452827405_7ed954f73d_c.jpg

Using markings to indicate extra information:
https://live.staticflickr.com/7700/17205041347_a4838f61b5_c.jpg

EXPLOSION

Todd Mclellan – Things come apart
>> https://www.toddmclellan.com

Their sequence depends on a bewildering number of factors (2016)

>> http://www.plusea.at/?p=5744
Anatomy of a Pin (2016) >> http://www.plusea.at/?p=5774

Hacking the Wild (2016)

>> http://www.plusea.at/?p=5373
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157650592167875

How To Make (almost) Anything (2009)

http://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/863.09/people/hannah/index.html

Tilt Sensing Quilt (2010)

>> http://www.plusea.at/?p=430

Eight Steps (2010)

>> http://www.kobakant.at/?p=36

A Kit-of-No-Parts (2010/11)

website >> http://kit-of-no-parts.at/?category_name=recipes
thesis >> http://hlt.media.mit.edu/publications/hannahMSthesis.pdf

Lulu (2017-2019)

Lulu is a solution for couppling e-textiles with optic-fibers and the development of this solution is captured in this display case:
>> http://www.kobakant.at/KOBA/category/lulu/

KOBA E-Textile Tailor Shop (2017-2019)

Closing Exhibition
>> http://www.kobakant.at/KOBA/

Dear Potential Future Customer, …
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157703356103685

Library of Missing Parts (2018)

Library of Missing Parts

“Making” Music (2018)
http://www.plusea.at/?p=6369

Mandalas

Documentation Tools (2017)

Three days with Adrian Freed in his Berkeley studio/lab experimenting with documentation for capturing different aspects of a making process in different ways.

Adrian and Hannah:

Adrian introduces some of his first sensor demos and Hannah asks questions:

Hannah’s flickr set >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/plusea/albums/72157683860719106