Materials: Ombre dyed silk, Acrylic Medium, Hacked CNC router
Ombre dyed Silk habotai is painted with an acrylic medium using a CNC machine. The line work drawn by the machine was originally drawn from points tracked in space following the artist’s dance movements. This was done using the computer program Grasshopper in conjunction with a video capturing device, xbox kinect sensor. The data points were translated into linework through Grasshopper and then digitally mapped to the piece of cloth. Once the design was painted on the cloth, the plane was used in a performance piece in which the artist performed the same dance that is painted on the cloth.
Baltimore, MD 12–21–2016