discipline
Installation
(Collaboration)
material
Mixed Media
dimension
Dimension Variable
location
Madrid, Spain
year
2022
supported by
Real-Time War Rug
Real-time war rug is a tactile and audiovisual display of the ongoing socio-political conflicts through the medium of war rugs that blurs the boundaries between traditional rugs and technology. We would like to use this soft reminder to draw attention to all conflicts happening around us and the interconnected nature of our ecosystem.
The physical realization of the project is a rug made by tufting technique that consists of two layers: a moving and a still one. The tufted rug depicts the world map, and behind it, there is a layer of motors that is linked to rotatable discs covered with “soft pixels”.
The motors are connected to a global conflict tracker data source, and when a particular location is active on the conflict map the adherent position of the rug starts turning and distorts the visual appearance of the rug by de- and re-constructing the continuity of the pattern.
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As it’s often not possible to define the boundaries of a war (territorially and in terms of time), the visualization of the conflict “hot-spots” are not limited to single coordinates of points, but they are represented by a movement that spreads out from the epicenter of a conflict-affected area with a weakening frequency to the surrounding areas, referring to our interdependence.
The project was realized in Madrid, within the framework of the Medios Sintientes workshop series at the Collaborative Prototyping Lab at Medialab Matadero.
mentors: Abelardo Gil Fournier, Nerea Calvillo, Quadrature (Juliane Götz & Sebastian Neitsch)
Reference:
Research | Tufting Technique | Data Source | Physical Computing
Collaborators (check the bottom of the page for more information):
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Research | Tufting Technique | Data Source | Physical Computing
Collaborators (check the bottom of the page for more information):
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Anna Eschenbacher
creative technologist
Germany
anna.eschenbacher@icloud.com
annaeschenbacher.com/
www.instagram.com/anna_eschi/
Fanni Szilvás
psychologist
animation designer
Hungary
szilvasfanni@gmail.com
ello.co/szilvasfanni
www.behance.net/szilvasfanni
Gabriella Paredes
interdisciplinary scenic artist
Peru
gabriellaparod@gmail.com
linktr.ee/GabriellaParedes
Julieta Iacono
cinematographer
visual artist
Argentina / Spain
iacono.julieta@gmail.com
www.julietaiacono.com/