Art of Wearable Communication- re-post

I'm re-posting this article about wearable art from last year to share, since Lydia is making a dress with plastic plates. The form of this humorous piece is interesting because of the idea behind- the desire to communicate. 

P.S. Most of the conversations I had yesterday were about making decisions, i.e.,  choosing a material and a method among many options. Your decisions will be the form that deliver the idea the best. All in all, a good artwork should be explained in 3 levels: personal, social and formal. When you start with yourself and think of its meaning in society, to the audience, there's the formal action you need to take. 

Hey all!

I was doing research for a school project when I came across Kate Hartman and found her work very fascinating.

Hartman is interested in people and their interaction with other people and their surrounding. She basically makes these wacky devices which play with different forms of interactions.

Here's some of her work that I really like...

This is called the "talk to yourself hat".. which is pretty self-explainatory.

This one emits muttering sounds which you can listen to yourself or share with someone else.

To see more of her projects, this is the link to Hartman's Ted talk video

For our final project.. I was thinking that "interactivity" would be a nice theme to develop on. What do you think?
- Teresa