2020
#Installation
Sensual suit
Working on a group project while corona has just entered our lives was a challenge, but I certainly do not shy away from a challenge. Together with two classmates, I created an embodied experience that ensures that young women can regain control of their own emotions during the corona period. We have achieved this through a sensual suit.
The suit creates arousal in the woman, a strong and intimate emotion, and stimulates soothing substances in the body. This creates a strong emotion that transcends others and gives you the idea that you are in control of what your body feels. It also gives women a nice, comforting feeling and can ensure that, despite a rather lonely period, she does not feel so alone. This suit can be worn under clothing and can therefore be used anywhere, which may be a bit too crazy for some.
The most difficult part of this project was not coming up with a concept, but mainly the implementation is where the challenge lay. This was difficult due to circumstances, because we could only get together at the end of the project. Within this project I developed a number of parts of the suit. First I made the (arduino) air ventilation system, which should mimic the breath of a nose after a kiss has been placed on the body. I also recreated the tongue that leaves the wet spots on the body. In addition, I have attached two heat plates to the suit, so that it feels like you are being grabbed by your love handles. I sewed the servo motors of the other two members of my group, together with my parts, onto the suit and connected them to each other. To make the system work, I arranged the power supply (by means of a power bank and a twelve volt adapter).
To clarify the project to others, we made a video that represents our suit. Here I helped in creating the audio and editing. After that I made a small manual on how to put on the suit, since we were not allowed to help put on the suit during our final assessment at school due to corona. Finally i wrote a summary of how we could have handled this better afterwards, because i believe there is always room for improvement and it is good to reflect on your work.
All in all, this is a project that I am very proud of, because we created an out of the box concept, tackled a contemporary problem and were able to work together smartly despite corona. We have learned how to adapt quickly and always stay creative no matter the circumstances.