sculptural ideation by Anika and fabrication in JANK/d collaboration.
KUBA began the start of an object? being? Urban flesh fragment?
The work was initially conceived as an electronically augmented skin (e-skin) for an urban environment, with the aim to augment the sensitivities of structures, its own changing form.
But what does this mean?
This residency allowed the space to research and unpack this in slow form time.
The membrane got pierced with studs, laced in tilt balls, wires and collected trash.
It became a battle jacket (aggression, vulnerability, strength).
Different sensors, sounds, and code structures were explored, variating the input/output relations possible.
However first the analog form had to reveal itself, through interactions with space and people. What are the features of the object? How does it interact light, sound, change form? What is the autonomy of the object, and what are its dependencies?
From the process of play a deeper understanding of the object, its needs and relation to KUBA developed – generating a framework to develop an electronic augmentation more aligned with its innate materiality.
“its never gonna be enough”
performance by Jess
A room in an abandoned building paint peeling hooks nails rusted, protruding past utility. A developer’s demolition. A squatter’s mansion.
Translucent red changing forms. A person, Jess, installing the object (it falls) installing the object (it falls) installing the object (shoe laces, rusted hooks and wire fragments) hanging it on the surfaces of the cobwebbed poky attic nook.
People watching offered d-hooks, carabiners, ratchet straps. All rejected; the struggle persisted.
The object lurches itself on the ceiling and people are encouraged to go in – do they assist? Do they cause the object to fall?
‚…enough‘ was an exercise in adaptability, anxiety, and struggle. Cyclical thought and fabrication patterns challenged through a performance focused on working through frustration.
A personal Note
byJess
After incurring flattening PTSD at the beginning of 2024, the opportunity to create a work with one of my beloved people was a pleasure of a dimensional magnitude.
The generosity, trust, and deep support of the fellow resident – Marina; Facilitators, Mika and Sharon; precious guardians: Emilie, Bella, Phillip, Klaus, and countless neighbours and friends is something I hold close.
The opportunity to exist, and focus on the simple pleasures of life – achieving goals, cooking, eating, stretching, reading. All in a space where autonomy and respect were values exalted high. I can’t express how much the space meant/means to me. The beauty of Klein Warnow is exemplified here.
The circle becomes the sphere. Now there, the Oroborous: munching away on themselves – a little treat. Yum yum.
I came to KuBa with the aim of healing. I leave nourished.
Zuletzt aktualisiert: August 7, 2024 von AdminKuba2020
JANK: Anika Gardner & Jess Puttmer Wong
June 2024
http://www.anikagardner.com/
I came to KuBa with the aim of healing…
The Project
“no-one fcks with u in a battle jacket”
sculptural ideation by Anika and fabrication in JANK/d collaboration.
KUBA began the start of an object? being? Urban flesh fragment?
The work was initially conceived as an electronically augmented skin (e-skin) for an urban environment, with the aim to augment the sensitivities of structures, its own changing form.
But what does this mean?
This residency allowed the space to research and unpack this in slow form time.
The membrane got pierced with studs, laced in tilt balls, wires and collected trash.
It became a battle jacket (aggression, vulnerability, strength).
Different sensors, sounds, and code structures were explored, variating the input/output relations possible.
However first the analog form had to reveal itself, through interactions with space and people. What are the features of the object? How does it interact light, sound, change form? What is the autonomy of the object, and what are its dependencies?
From the process of play a deeper understanding of the object, its needs and relation to KUBA developed – generating a framework to develop an electronic augmentation more aligned with its innate materiality.
“its never gonna be enough”
performance by Jess
A room in an abandoned building paint peeling hooks nails rusted, protruding past utility. A developer’s demolition. A squatter’s mansion.
Translucent red changing forms. A person, Jess, installing the object (it falls) installing the object (it falls) installing the object (shoe laces, rusted hooks and wire fragments) hanging it on the surfaces of the cobwebbed poky attic nook.
People watching offered d-hooks, carabiners, ratchet straps. All rejected; the struggle persisted.
The object lurches itself on the ceiling and people are encouraged to go in – do they assist? Do they cause the object to fall?
‚…enough‘ was an exercise in adaptability, anxiety, and struggle. Cyclical thought and fabrication patterns challenged through a performance focused on working through frustration.
A personal Note
by Jess
After incurring flattening PTSD at the beginning of 2024, the opportunity to create a work with one of my beloved people was a pleasure of a dimensional magnitude.
The generosity, trust, and deep support of the fellow resident – Marina; Facilitators, Mika and Sharon; precious guardians: Emilie, Bella, Phillip, Klaus, and countless neighbours and friends is something I hold close.
The opportunity to exist, and focus on the simple pleasures of life – achieving goals, cooking, eating, stretching, reading. All in a space where autonomy and respect were values exalted high. I can’t express how much the space meant/means to me. The beauty of Klein Warnow is exemplified here.
The circle becomes the sphere. Now there, the Oroborous: munching away on themselves – a little treat. Yum yum.
I came to KuBa with the aim of healing. I leave nourished.
Kategorie: artists