interactive textiles symbiosisO: voxel at tribeca issey miyake

‘symbiosisO: voxel’, an interactive textile installation designed byeszter ozsvald, kärt ojavee, and alex dodge
all images courtesy GION

symbiosisO: voxel interactive textile installation
tribeca issey miyake, new york, USA
on now through april 28th, 2012

the collaboration of hungarian designer eszter ozsvald, estonian textiles developer kärt ojavee, and american interaction artist alex dodge,
‘symbiosisO: voxel’ is an interactive textile installation, on exhibition at new york’s tribeca issey miyake showroom and gallery space.
composed of a structure of interlocking honeycomb-shaped ‘voxels’, each unit is dyed with heat-activated thermochromic ink,
connected to a custom electronics system in order to respond to physical and virtual stimuli. users can interact with the work by touching it–
leaving a highlighted imprint on the fabric– or via a web interface that allows them to design multi-frame animations to be played back
on the piece.

individuals can interact with the textile in person…

…or create playable animations remotely via web interface

using their iPhones and iPads on-site in the space, users can visit the web-based interface and tap on individual voxels
on the screen to create a pattern (or a number of changing patterns). by pressing submit, the textile installation at tribeca
issey miyake plays back the image or recording (note that it is recommended to submit a design only while actually
in the gallery, in order to see the effect).

full view of the installation

making-of: the basic shapes, and pigment

making-of: custom-made chips

making-of: all components ready to be assembled

making-of: view of a single finished tile with wiring