The era in which we now live has been designated as the Anthropocene. The term aims to describe the alarming effects that we as Homo sapiens are having on all aspects of the earth. Despite that very few people are aware of the term. In my opinion much of the art made about The Anthropocene, although accurate and very impressive, is frightening and depressing and disempowering. The question for me was how to make a piece of work addressing The Anthropocene which in the words of the writer and academic, Donna Haraway, enables the viewer to be “response-able”.
The video shows the "triptych” of pieces, each piece representing the changing planet in the time of The Anthropocene. It proceeds to focus on each piece in more detail. All three pieces have an e-textile component consisting of sensors which activate a soundtrack as the viewer comes closer. The individual soundtracks play on the film as the camera focuses on them in turn.
Media:
1st piece: Cotton thread, cotton yarn, conductive fabric, conductive thread, paper covered floristry wire, foam board, repurposed cardboard box, household vinyl paint.
2nd piece: Cotton thread, cotton yarn, high density polyethylene scaffold netting/debris netting, plastic wrapping, conductive fabric, conductive thread, paper covered floristry wire, plastic covered floristy wire, foam board, repurposed cardboard box, household vinyl paint.
3rd piece: High density polyethylene scaffold netting/debris netting, plastic wrapping, plastic covered floristy wire, foam board, repurposed cardboard box, household vinyl paint.
Bare connective touch board, crocodile clips, powerbank, mini-speaker.
Sounds: courtesy of:
1st piece: https://freesound.org/people/Simon%20Spiers/sounds/516876/
2nd piece: https://freesound.org/people/TRP/sounds/574404/
3rd piece: text from Cradle to Cradle used with permission of the authors Prof Dr M. Braungart and Mr Wm McDonough.
The video shows the "triptych” of pieces, each piece representing the changing planet in the time of The Anthropocene. It proceeds to focus on each piece in more detail. All three pieces have an e-textile component consisting of sensors which activate a soundtrack as the viewer comes closer. The individual soundtracks play on the film as the camera focuses on them in turn.
Media:
1st piece: Cotton thread, cotton yarn, conductive fabric, conductive thread, paper covered floristry wire, foam board, repurposed cardboard box, household vinyl paint.
2nd piece: Cotton thread, cotton yarn, high density polyethylene scaffold netting/debris netting, plastic wrapping, conductive fabric, conductive thread, paper covered floristry wire, plastic covered floristy wire, foam board, repurposed cardboard box, household vinyl paint.
3rd piece: High density polyethylene scaffold netting/debris netting, plastic wrapping, plastic covered floristy wire, foam board, repurposed cardboard box, household vinyl paint.
Bare connective touch board, crocodile clips, powerbank, mini-speaker.
Sounds: courtesy of:
1st piece: https://freesound.org/people/Simon%20Spiers/sounds/516876/
2nd piece: https://freesound.org/people/TRP/sounds/574404/
3rd piece: text from Cradle to Cradle used with permission of the authors Prof Dr M. Braungart and Mr Wm McDonough.
