Podcasts
Ulli Oberlack Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design, University of the Arts, London, UK.
This podcast is intended for educational use only.
This paper is based on outcomes of the practice-based PhD project 'Illumination and Emanation: Light as Body adornment' ('I+E'). The research exploits advances in miniature light sources in order to establish new forms of aesthetic expression through wearable light features.
'I+E' investigates how the emissions from these light features interact with the body as a dynamic three dimensional projection space and how this interaction shapes the sensory perception of the body within its environment. Therefore the research focuses on the aesthetic and sensory qualities of light as an immaterial medium in relationship to the body rather than on the exploration of lighting as a technological feature. This leads to a design and making process that centres on the exploration of a design driven aesthetic rather than a technology driven aesthetic.
'I+E' draws on a history of working with light and the body that ranges from Loie Fuller's experiments with 'light dances' in the late 19th century, via Atsuko Tanaka's explorations of the 'Electric Dress' in the 1950s, to Dan Flavin's creation of fluorescent light installations and the authors own collaborations with contemporary choreographers such as Carol Brown.
The paper illustrates different approaches where advances in lighting technology have been applied to produce wearable light features that create sensual light effects on the body. It explores how these light effects change the sensory perception of the body for wearer and viewer and discusses how the change in sensory perception might impact on the understanding of the body and the social interaction between wearer and viewer.
---
Cette exposé est basé sur une thèse de doctorat appellée: "Ilumination et Emanation: la Lumière en tant que Parure Corporelle". L'auteure parle des progrès survenus dans la technologie de l'éclairage, et comment cette technologie, lorsqu'utilisée sur le corps humain, transforme les perceptions sensorielles de l'utilisateur et de l'observateur.