Quickie #6

Quickie #6:  Make a quickie that enhances the movement of the body.

My little sister plays piano, but her hands are fairly small, so I attached popsicle sticks to her thumb so that she could reach across a greater number of keys while playing the piano.  With my quickie, she can reach across an interval of 11 keys.

Body in Space Project

Multiple Bodies Project

Quickie #7

Quickie #7: Make a quickie that enhances the aesthetic quality of the movement of the body.

I made a wrist band that enhances and emphasizes the movement of the hands.  The streamers are bright colored and flow very easily, which draws attention to the wearer's hands as they move.

Quickie #5

Quickie #5: Make a quickie that inhibits or constrains the movement of the body.

By attaching my elbow to my knee, I am severely limiting the movement of my body.  I can't stand up straight, and am forced to walk while bent over.

Quickie #4

Quickie #4:  Make a quickie that manipulates the usage of your body or a body part.

By attaching my ankle to my wrist, I force both my leg and arm to move together.  So if i raise my arm, my leg also raises, and vice versa.

Moving Body Project

Here are the individual pieces that I created for my moving body project.  The smallest cylinder on the left is worn around the neck, the longer cylinders in the middle are worn over the elbows, and the large cylinders on the right are worn over the knees.  The two rectangular pieces at the top and bottom slide over the wrists and hands.

These pieces as a whole were made to force the human body into the same position as the ever-popular Barbie doll.  While Barbie is modeled after an ideal woman's body shape, her body position and posture are far from ideal for everyday life.  To portray this gap between the supposed ideal body and a human body in real life, I made a stop-motion video of myself wearing these pieces and performing simple, everyday tasks (which were much, much harder to perform since me body was so restricted).