Thursday was workshop day this week. Our workshop was centred around how we make contact with things and the ways in which we could change that. It didn't really relate to my work and nor was it any more helpful because my proposal was more about conceptual touch rather than physical touch but i took part in it nonetheless.
We had to design and create some extensions to our limbs that would alter the way we touch things. I decided to use some sand paper and cable ties to create these little things that you put over your finger.
Once they're over your fingers you can touch certain things and it would feel very peculiar. not just because you're touching the inside of the sandpaper but because the sandpaper is also touching a surface and transferring that texture and friction through the device and onto the tips of your fingers.
These were a pair of aviator glasses that I taped some sort of weird rubbery chain-mail fabric onto. By doing this I was limiting the sight of the wearer and also changing their engagement with the world. Touching things when you cant see them clearly changes the way they feel. This is because your brain cannot familiarise itself with what you're feeling.
This was a device that was similar to the first but this time it was the whole hand. You put it on like a glove and viola, you now have a new sense of touch. Everything you touch feels rougher, if you run your hand down some sort of fabric it is almost impossible to move. This is because the grip from the sand paper is refusing to slide over the fabric.
These are the pages in my book which I used to present the workshop.
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