Sense Move Ọfụụ Ọgba Egwu by Zhulin Shi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha in Nhazi Ejiji, Uwe na Akwa Uwe Competition Category.

ỌlaọchaEjiji· 2020

Sense Move Ọfụụ Ọgba Egwu

by Zhulin Shi

Client: Last Lab Inc.

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha Winner in Ejiji Category

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The Design

About Sense Move Ọfụụ Ọgba Egwu

Sense Move bụ ejiji na-enye ìhè nke e mere maka ndị na-agba egwu. Ejiji a na-apịakọta n'ọdịdị geometric nke na-eso mmegharị ahụ, na-eguzobe ihe ọkpụkpụ na-emegharị emegharị n'elu ogbo. Mmetụta ìhè na-egosipụta mmetụta uche na-agbanwe agbanwe. Mgbanwe nwayọọ na-egosi iku ume, ma ọkụ na-egbukepụ egbukepụ na-egosi obi ụtọ. E tinyere uwe aka na-eche nche dịka akụkụ nke ejiji ahụ. Mgbe otu onye n'ime ndị na-ekiri na-emetụ aka nke onye na-agba egwu, ìhè ahụ na-agbanwe na nzaghachi nye mmetụ ahụ. Nzube nke imewe a bụ iwusi njikọ mmetụta uche dị n'etiti ndị na-eme ihe nkiri na ndị na-ekiri ike.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha

Sense Move Ọfụụ Ọgba Egwu meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa kachasị elu, mara mma ma na-eju anya. Ndị meriri na Ọlaọcha bụ ọrụ na-egbu maramara nke ukwuu ma dị oke nzụlite nke na-egosi ọmarịcha ihe ọmụma, talent na nghọta nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Sense Move Ọfụụ Ọgba Egwu ga-abụ ọrụ dị ịtụnanya, ihe nlereanya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị omimi n'ihe ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha bụ ihe e mepụtara dị oke ịrịba ama, nke a na-eto nke na-erite uru ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Sense Move Ọfụụ Ọgba Egwu bụ ihe e kere eke ọtụtụ ndị na-ekwo ekworo ya nke na-akpali ọchịchọ, na-eweta mmetụta ọma ma na-akpali ịtụnanya.

Behind the Design

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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