Body Wearing Movement
A speculative wearable collection, concept video, and a written thesis exploring the integration of embodied interaction techniques into dress
2016
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My role
Concept & Creative
Interaction design
Motion research
Thesis writing
Physical fabrication
Client
MA Thesis project, Shenkar
Grants
Shenkar-Azrieli Award for future talents, 2015
Talks
Visual Culture in Israel, The Art of Tomorrow - Bodies Wearing Movement, Bezalel Academy, May 2018
ISRAHCI (Radical Ui's track) - Bodies Wearing Movement, BGU, February 2018
Movement Boundaries Seminar - Bodies Wearing Movement, BGU, 2016
Exhibitions
Gridded Fabric(ations), Vitrina gallery, Holon
When Cyborgs Dance, 2020
Press
Portfolio magazine - gridded fabrication, April 2021
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Team
Video Photographer: Haim Yafim Barbalat
Sound design: Roy Cheled
Dancers: Noa Buchman, Keren Sancho Leviatov, Ariel Sher
Video editing: Omri Aylon
Still image from video, Round movement
Overview
Body Wearing Movement is an interdisciplinary applied research project integrating research and design techniques derived from interaction, data visualization, scenography, psychology, dance, and fashion.
Process & Users
The project was developed through iterative interviews, rapid prototyping and user testing sessions with dancers, choreographers, pilates instructors, and physiotherapists.
Still image from video, Short movement
Round movement
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What if you could embed choreography into dress?
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Rails concept evolution
Design & User testing
The final collection includes 3 garments, was visualised in a video, when Cyborgs Dance, photographed in a live jam session without any additional external choreography.
The design of the video was inspired by Oscar Schlemmer's Triadic Ballet. It explores how abstract movements (round, short, repetitive and long) - could be embedded into dress.
Long and Repetitive movement
When Cyborgs Dance, trailer
