Algorithmic bodies : the movement of surface structures
Lumiruusu, Janna (2021)
Lumiruusu, Janna
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202105199484
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202105199484
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Algorithmic bodies, by means of additive fabrication, is expressed through the interaction of body and material. This work articulates the interdependence of body and material to shape formwork responsive to our sensory experiences. Therefore, having more sustainable methods to making machines and devices we work with every day.
In this work I attempt to establish language, methods and processes through which sensory experiences inform the way we work with tools and material. This results in the production of a series of iterative (repeating) algorithmic generated formwork that express the relationship between body, movement and material. The formwork comprises yarn, wood and plastic by the application of crochet and the assembly of geometric forms.
The interdependence of body-material is explored through artistic algorithmic applications and methodologies of crochet. The body becomes an additive printer or knitting machine through consistent repeating body movements, resulting in material algorithmic models. The body moves the hook and yarn into slip knots, chains, and stitches to produce textile. While each chain or stitch appears discrete (a single unit), it is always in continuous relationship to the previous and subsequent loops. Mathematics often demands discrete quantified splitting of experiences. However, like crochet, these experiences are always in a state of continuity, relationship and interdependence. As with written words, breathe and sound are split into letters. Through typed and printed text, we partition continuity into discrete units.
However, the body is a sensory-based responsive organism in constant relationship with its immediate environment. Continuously, it seamlessly internalises externalities and externalises internalities. The environment, in which the body is situated, is made up of material. Through crochet, iterative patterns and material, body knowledge is acquired through living experiences — in a given time and place, i.e., the immediate environment.
This work is situated within a living community; thus, it was essential to reach out to people in my local and global communities to discuss textile, mathematics and art through crochet and additive fabrication. Outreach has been in the form of social crochet get-togethers to share body knowledge through body-material interaction. From here we can establish language and autobiographical methodologies to inform the way we make our daily essentials.
In this work I attempt to establish language, methods and processes through which sensory experiences inform the way we work with tools and material. This results in the production of a series of iterative (repeating) algorithmic generated formwork that express the relationship between body, movement and material. The formwork comprises yarn, wood and plastic by the application of crochet and the assembly of geometric forms.
The interdependence of body-material is explored through artistic algorithmic applications and methodologies of crochet. The body becomes an additive printer or knitting machine through consistent repeating body movements, resulting in material algorithmic models. The body moves the hook and yarn into slip knots, chains, and stitches to produce textile. While each chain or stitch appears discrete (a single unit), it is always in continuous relationship to the previous and subsequent loops. Mathematics often demands discrete quantified splitting of experiences. However, like crochet, these experiences are always in a state of continuity, relationship and interdependence. As with written words, breathe and sound are split into letters. Through typed and printed text, we partition continuity into discrete units.
However, the body is a sensory-based responsive organism in constant relationship with its immediate environment. Continuously, it seamlessly internalises externalities and externalises internalities. The environment, in which the body is situated, is made up of material. Through crochet, iterative patterns and material, body knowledge is acquired through living experiences — in a given time and place, i.e., the immediate environment.
This work is situated within a living community; thus, it was essential to reach out to people in my local and global communities to discuss textile, mathematics and art through crochet and additive fabrication. Outreach has been in the form of social crochet get-togethers to share body knowledge through body-material interaction. From here we can establish language and autobiographical methodologies to inform the way we make our daily essentials.