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acadia23_v1_68 |
| authors |
Tsogbe, Deborah |
| year |
2023 |
| title |
Limits of Expression: On Digitizing Sentimental Touch |
| source |
ACADIA 2023: Habits of the Anthropocene: Scarcity and Abundance in a Post-Material Economy [Volume 1: Projects Catalog of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) ISBN 979-8-9860805-8-1]. Denver. 26-28 October 2023. edited by A. Crawford, N. Diniz, R. Beckett, J. Vanucchi, M. Swackhamer 68-73. |
| summary |
At the center of this project is a touch-sensitive garment (the Tactical Jacket) which aims to capture the many conscious and unconscious touch expressions we deploy in the course of daily life, with ourselves and others in our communities. The touch data gathered by this garment goes towards the development of a methodology for understanding how the body expresses emotion through touch, in communication with itself, and with other bodies. This research is motivated by the perpetual digital togetherness afforded by our modern communications networks that have perhaps dulled our sensitivities to the physical realm of human experience. As we continue to move further away from physical togetherness, engaging instead in long distance virtual communications as the default, we may lose an understanding of the emotional depth afforded by physical togetherness. The Tactical Jacket intends to bridge the gap between physical and digital means of communication currently available to us, and act as a tool to help bring light to the hidden emotional depths of our physical-touch behaviors. |
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ACADIA |
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project |
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