Design wearables for interactive art based on Brazilian tropicalism
Ricardo de Oliveira Nascimento
Interactive Installation, Masterarbeit 2009
Interface Cultures “Design wearable for interactive art based on Brazilian tropicalism” is a research about the development and use of intelligent clothes in the interactive art field especially in performing arts. This research consists of practical work that uses ideas of tropicalism as a base.
“Tropicalism” or “Tropicália” was an art movement that occurred in Brazil in the late 60’s that has incorporated many different aspects of the global culture in order to shape the Brazilian culture. Its main essence was the mixing of cultures and expressions to create something new.
One of the structural concepts of this art movement was a plastic happening called Parangolé, an installation proposed by Hélio Oiticica, an artist flamed by the very spirit of his time and full of energy that led him to the anti-art concept breaking away from the traditional concept of art and establishing new relations between the artwork, the viewer and the environment.
Based on Hélio Oiticica’s “Parangolé” I created a work called “Parangonet 1.0: sonic dimension”. The work is a group of two wireless electronic wearable garments that refer to Oiticica’s work and act as experimental interface to create and modify the surround sound landscape in a collaborative environment. Ricardo de Oliveira Nascimento Master Thesis 2009.pdf
Interactive Installation, Masterarbeit 2009
Interface Cultures “Design wearable for interactive art based on Brazilian tropicalism” is a research about the development and use of intelligent clothes in the interactive art field especially in performing arts. This research consists of practical work that uses ideas of tropicalism as a base.
“Tropicalism” or “Tropicália” was an art movement that occurred in Brazil in the late 60’s that has incorporated many different aspects of the global culture in order to shape the Brazilian culture. Its main essence was the mixing of cultures and expressions to create something new.
One of the structural concepts of this art movement was a plastic happening called Parangolé, an installation proposed by Hélio Oiticica, an artist flamed by the very spirit of his time and full of energy that led him to the anti-art concept breaking away from the traditional concept of art and establishing new relations between the artwork, the viewer and the environment.
Based on Hélio Oiticica’s “Parangolé” I created a work called “Parangonet 1.0: sonic dimension”. The work is a group of two wireless electronic wearable garments that refer to Oiticica’s work and act as experimental interface to create and modify the surround sound landscape in a collaborative environment. Ricardo de Oliveira Nascimento Master Thesis 2009.pdf
