Sense Move Tantsukostüüm by Zhulin Shi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Hõbeauhind A' Design Award in Moe-, rõiva- ja rõivastuse disain Competition Category.

HõbeMood· 2020

Sense Move Tantsukostüüm

by Zhulin Shi

Client: Last Lab Inc.

Hõbeauhind A' Design Award Winner in Mood Category

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The Design

About Sense Move Tantsukostüüm

Sense Move on tantsijatele mõeldud valgust kiirgav kostüüm. Kostüüm voldib kokku geomeetrilisteks kujunditeks, mis järgivad keha liikumist, moodustades laval kineetilise skulptuuri. Valgusefektid väljendavad muutuvaid emotsioone. Aeglane hajumine viitab hingamisele ning välgatus erutusele. Kostüümi osaks on ka tundlik kinnas. Kui keegi publikust puudutab tantsija kätt, muutub valgus vastuseks puudutusele. Disaini eesmärk on tugevdada emotsionaalset sidet esinejate ja vaatajate vahel.

The Recognition

About the Hõbeauhind A' Design Award

Sense Move Tantsukostüüm on Hõbeauhinna A' Design Award võitja, ülimalt prestiižikas tunnustus, mis antakse tipptasemel, suurepärastele ja muljetavaldavatele disainidele. Hõbevõitjad on ülimalt säravad ja erakordselt loovad tööd, mis illustreerivad oma disainerite silmapaistvat kogemust, annet ja teravmeelsust. Sense Move Tantsukostüüm peaks olema imeline, eeskujulik töö, mis on märkimisväärselt professionaalne ja sügavalt uuenduslik. See Hõbeauhinna A' Design Award võidudisain on väga tähelepanuväärne, imetletud leiutis, mis toob kasu ning nihutab kunsti, teaduse, disaini ja tehnoloogia piire. Sense Move Tantsukostüüm on laialdaselt kadestatud looming, mis äratab soove, tekitab positiivseid tundeid ning süütab hämmastust ja imestust.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Sense Move costume communicates emotionally through the body movements of the dancers. The different light effects express the costume’s emotions; for instance, a slow fade is breathing, and a flash conveys excitement. It not only presents dynamic forms like a Kinetic 3D Sculpture, but also enable musicians and performers to improve their performance and enhances people’s experience of performances and expands the boundaries of the performance industry.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 70mm x Depth 30mm x Height 150mm
Tags: wearable technology, led lighting costume, kinetic sculpture
Production Technology: In the process of prototyping, sketching, draping, cutting sewing, sewing, soldering and programming have been applied.
Design Challenge: The challenge part is finding the form and concept for the costume design. I did many prototypes in different material and explore the movement part can create imaginary space to inspire dancer and grab people's eyes.
Research: I love dancing. I started dancing from 5 years old. The costumes like Cinderella’s dress gave me confidence on the stage. In 2007, I studied contact improvisation in UC Davis with famous choreographer Nita Little. With the experience in dancing and choreography, I started to ask myself how can costume further link emotional experience to our mind. Nita Little wrote “the ‘mountain’ moves and the ‘cloud’ changes as a result. Notice how our attention travels across surfaces while your awareness may slip into the volumes they contain.” A common thread was found in my research, which is costumes can make a connection between movement, imagination and emotion.
I attempted to design costumes that serves the bi-lateral relationship between Poetic Design and the Pattern Language of Dance.
Inspiration: With the experience in dancing and choreography, I started to ask myself how can costume further link emotional experience to our mind. Since that, I interviewed with a famous choreographer and dance artist – Yin Mei, whose wise words “I can create an architecture space using my joints, which is already telling a story” sparked my inspiration. My initial concept is about geometrical folding following along with the kinetic movement of the body.
Project Duration: The project original started in May 2016 for my MID thesis at Pratt. Sense Move costume has been applied and displayed in experimental workshops and a chamber opera in NYC. In 2016, I launched the “Sense Move” workshop featuring the renowned dancer and choreographer Yin Mei and violinist Wang Xiaotong in NYC. Since then, I and a collaborating guest artist Clarice Assad were invited to teach the experimental “Sense & Sound” workshop at the New Musical Instrument Hackathon 2016 at the Spotify headquarters in NYC. In 2018, I redesigned “Sense Move” Costume for a multimedia opera – Semulacrum.
Operation Flow: The different light effects express the costume’s emotions; for instance, a slow fade is breathing, and a flash conveys excitement. It not only presents dynamic forms like a Kinetic 3D Sculpture, but also creates new geometric space for the dancers. I designed “Sense” glove as a part of “Kinetic Sculpture” Costume. When a member of the audience touches the hand of a dancer who is wearing the costume, the light changes by sensing the touch as if the costume was alive. This will enhance the emotional transmission between the dancer and the audience, and even engage the audience to participant into the contact improvisation.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Bengrong Zhu, Model Evita Zacharioglou
Image #2: Photographer Bengrong Zhu, Model Evita Zacharioglou
Image #3: Photographer Bengrong Zhu, Model Evita Zacharioglou
Image #4: Photographer Bengrong Zhu, Model Evita Zacharioglou
Image #5: Photographer Bengrong Zhu, Model Evita Zacharioglou