(No)where(Now)here by Ying Gao
When fashion and technology meet, the results are often striking. But in Yin Goa’s series comprising two dresses, the viewer’s fixed look actually makes the garment. Made of photoluminescent thread and an eye tracking technology, the spectators’ gaze activates the robotics in the dress, giving the outside layering different patterns and contour. Touching on the theme of absence and presence, Yin Goa’s said to be inspired Paul Virilio’s essay “Esthétique de la disparition” (The aesthetic of disappearance) from 1979, which dwells on moments of absence in our sensory perception.
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(No)where (Now)here: Two Gaze-activated Dresses will be showcased at the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art in November, and later in 21014 at the Textile Museum of Canada.
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