Ryoko Ueoka, Hiroki Kobayashi: Wearable Forest: Feeling of Belonging to Nature
Artist(s):
Title:
- Wearable Forest: Feeling of Belonging to Nature
Exhibition:
Creation Year:
- 2008
Medium:
- bio-acoustic clothing
Category:
Artist Statement:
Wearable Forest is bio-acoustic clothing that interacts with a remote forest using network technology. The intention of the project is to provide users with an opportunity to feel connected with nature regardless of their physical location. Wearable Forest introduces a new interactive sound system that creates a sense of unity between the user and a remote soundscape through remote-controlled speakers and microphones.
Wearable Forest is conceptually based on human-computer biosphere interaction in that it uses wearable technology to enable bio-acoustical interaction with the subtropical forest of the southern Ryukyu Islands of Japan. The clothing uses embedded speakers, LEDs, an embedded CPU system, and a wireless connection to process and play acoustic data received from the forest. Sensors allow the user to transmit pre-recorded acoustic data back to the forest installation, creating a bioacoustical loop.
