syntopia 1—soma | body

Congratulations to Elaine Bonavia, Jessica Farmer, Roland Halbe, Johanna Hehemeyer-Cürten, Nuri Kang, Mareike Stoll, and Karola Dierichs on their latest visual essy publication in the .able journal! syntopia 1—soma | body is an exploration of the formation of space by the human body. Using a hand-based augmented reality (AR) framework a filament-structure is spun by hand which gradually envelopes its maker. The project is a constructive critique of the current-day use of industrial robotics in architecture since this entails a high use of material and energetic resources. The project proposes a return to human handcraft with only the minimal necessary application of electronic technical devices which are required for data streaming. This reduction of machines is also in favor of a bodily sensing of matter’s own inner activity, thus fostering the interlacing of Body—Matter—Machine.

Watch the full essay here: https://able-journal.org/en/syntopia/

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