Abstract
The map of the project begins where there is a body that encounters the world, notices light, darkness, and values in-between. The body feels temperature, feels softness, abrasion, density, and porousness. It tastes heat, spice, calm, and coolness in meeting the world and the atmosphere. Volumes of space hold us as we hold volumes of space within us–the ear, our lungs, the arch of the back, the length of the neck. We reach out to find the world and, in this, understand and further question ourselves. How is it that we see? What is comfort? What is beauty? This paper presents the research of an academic seminar that investigates a creative process of noticing oneself, one’s body and one’s senses in the process of being in the world, responding to creative inspiration and reflecting on these processes. The work presented focuses on the unexpected, the misinterpreted and the accidental circumstances that occur in the experimental as well as in the practiced and in the everyday. The content documented seeks to embrace how we are human in celebrating the joy of the real.
Presenters
Chelsea LimbirdAdjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Interior Design, Interdisciplinary Studies, Pratt Institute, Rhode Island, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
Interdisciplinary, Human Senses, Experimental
