Reinterpreting schlemmer's Triadic Ballet: Interactive costume for unthinkable movements

Pavel Karpashevich; Eva Hornecker; Michaela Honauer; Pedro Sanches

doi:10.1145/3173574.3173635

Reinterpreting schlemmer's Triadic Ballet: Interactive costume for unthinkable movements

Pavel Karpashevich, Eva Hornecker, Michaela Honauer, Pedro Sanches

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Abstract

In the 1920s, Oskar Schlemmer, artist in the Bauhaus move-ment, created the Triadic Ballet costumes. These restrict movement of dancers, creating new expressions. Inspired by this, we designed an interactive wire costume. It restricts lower body movements, and emphasizes arm movements spurring LED-light 'sparks' and 'waves' wired in a tutu-like costume. The Wire Costume was introduced to a dancer who found that an unusual bond emerged between her and the costume. We discuss how sensory alteration (sight, kinesthet-ic awareness and proprioception) and bodily training to ad-just to the new soma, can result in novel, evocative forms of expression. The interactive costume can foster a certain mood, introduce feelings, and even embody a whole charac-ter - only revealed once worn and danced. We describe a de-sign exploration combining cultural and historical research, interviews with experts and material explorations that culmi-nated in a novel prototype.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Subtitle of host publication	Engage with CHI
Editors	Regan Mandryk
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450356213
ISBN (Print)	9781450356206
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173635
Publication status	Published - 20 Apr 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2018 - Palais des Congrès de Montréal, Montreal, Canada Duration: 21 Apr 2018 → 26 Apr 2018 https://chi2018.acm.org

Conference

Conference	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2018
Abbreviated title	CHI
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	21/04/18 → 26/04/18
Internet address	https://chi2018.acm.org

Keywords

Costume design
Crafts
Design research
Interdisciplinary collaboration
Theatrical performance
Wearables
n/a OA procedure

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Karpashevich, P., Hornecker, E., Honauer, M., & Sanches, P. (2018). Reinterpreting schlemmer's Triadic Ballet: Interactive costume for unthinkable movements. In R. Mandryk (Ed.), CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Engage with CHI Article 61 Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173635

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Karpashevich, P, Hornecker, E, Honauer, M & Sanches, P 2018, Reinterpreting schlemmer's Triadic Ballet: Interactive costume for unthinkable movements. in R Mandryk (ed.), CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Engage with CHI., 61, Association for Computing Machinery, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2018, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 21/04/18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173635

Reinterpreting schlemmer's Triadic Ballet: Interactive costume for unthinkable movements. / Karpashevich, Pavel; Hornecker, Eva; Honauer, Michaela et al.
CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Engage with CHI. ed. / Regan Mandryk. Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. 61.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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